Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjuu] v. suck

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

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

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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

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[sulú] n. fence

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tuubjú] n. edge

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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

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xeli] v. play

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ámè] v. mate

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