Apatani English

[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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

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

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pota] n. paper

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tamù] n. a deity

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tarì] n. hail

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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