Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[asã] n. north

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[ho] num. in; at

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[uuko] n. hole

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xoo] v. stir

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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

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