Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alo] n. salt

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

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

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɲagó] n. snout

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