Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arcì] v. roll

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[asó] n. length

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[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

[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[japa] n. young man

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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