Apatani English

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aháa] n. heart

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[golu] v. lie

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[karo] v. spy; peep

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pota] n. paper

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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