Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[hu] pron. who

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tù] v. flood

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[álù] adj. busy

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