Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ke] v. write

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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