Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[koojo] n. the night before the last

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

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[po] v. weave

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

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

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tero] n. chili

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[áamì] n. cat

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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[ĩka] pron. that

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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