Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apũ] prep. among

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[álù] v. to work

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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