Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[adã] n. spear

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[bù] v. uproot

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hubur

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

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

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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