Apatani English

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[akó] num. one; single

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[golu] v. lie

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

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[née] v. wrestle

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[saati] n. pine sap

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

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xe] v. force something

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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