Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[bù] v. uproot

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[koŋ] num. one

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[si] dem. this

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[taa] v. swim

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jali] n. fox

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[jarú] n. ear

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[álì] v. plant

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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