Apatani English

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bù] v. uproot

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[doolã] adj. brownish

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

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

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò