Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[appú] n. flower

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[apó] n. body

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[arcì] v. roll

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bár] v. charge interest

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gehe] v. yawn

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[humi] pron. whom

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

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sãxã] n. border post

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tero] n. chili

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xirki] n. window

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[xɨ] num. six

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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