Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aháa] n. heart

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

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

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nesú] n. granary

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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