Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[alo] n. salt

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[aɲã] n. year

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[gehe] v. yawn

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[huuda] adj. bright

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lohe] n. one day

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tù] v. push

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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