Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

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

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[milò] n. husband

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

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

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

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

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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