Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[eem] int. yes

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[poli] n. seed

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xú] v. measure

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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