Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bi] v. give; offer

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

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[née] v. wrestle

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[samã] n. pine needle

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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