Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[akó] num. one; single

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[alì] n. leg

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

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

[ɉar] num. thousand

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[papù] n. egg

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[taʎa] v. listen

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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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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tamì] n. weed

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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