Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[cáa] v. split; slit

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[une] n. wound

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jasi] n. water

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[jo] n. meat

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[álù] v. to work

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