Apatani English

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[agoo] n. outside

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poɁdo] n. accident

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taki] n. ginger

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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