Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[alo] n. salt

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dùu] v. sit

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[emǝr] n. dew

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[taki] n. ginger

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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