Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[ahi] n. tooth

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[alló] n. bone

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[ho] n. and

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[leko] v. cross

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sa] n. rope

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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