Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alló] n. bone

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[cáa] v. split; slit

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[golu] v. lie

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[ke] v. write

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

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

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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