Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[alì] n. leg

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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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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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[koha] num. nine

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[loɲì] n. two days

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[putu] n. mountain

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[sa] n. rope

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tõ] v. display

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xuu] adj. old

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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