Apatani English

[aʎí] n. bow

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[humi] pron. whom

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[puluɁ] v. cover

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

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

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

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

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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

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[jali] n. fox

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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