Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hilu] n. gum

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kone] num. one

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[no hopa] pron. for where

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[santú] n. tree

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tù] v. push

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

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

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