Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

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

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[more] n. forest

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

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

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pacu] n. chick

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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