Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pano] v. sting

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xirki] n. window

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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