Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[no ho] pron. where

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[takeɁ] n. germ

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tõ] v. display

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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