Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alì] n. leg

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[asã] n. north

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[se] v. pull

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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