Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[akó] num. one; single

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[golu] v. lie

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

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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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

[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ápì] v. dry

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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