Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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