Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

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

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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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

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

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

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[álù] n. task

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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