Apatani English

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[aɲã] n. year

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[huuda] adj. bright

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sãxã] n. border post

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[álù] v. to work

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