Apatani English

[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[akì] n. dog

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[amã] n. roof

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[apó] n. body

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

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

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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