Apatani English

[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

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

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

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

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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