Apatani English

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[alíi] v. bury

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[asó] n. length

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[née] v. wrestle

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãgo] n. life

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[takǝr] n. star

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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