Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[pota] n. paper

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[jasi] n. water

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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