Apatani English

[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[amã] n. roof

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[some] n. palm civet

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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