Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[aɲì] num. two

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lemba] n. village

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mjɨ] n. wife

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

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

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xuu] adj. old

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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