Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[alo] n. salt

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

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

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mura] n. seat

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pìi] v. dry

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[raabúu] n. hollow

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[ámè] v. mate

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