Apatani English

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kɨle] n. river

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[se] v. pull

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jali] n. fox

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[álù] adj. busy

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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