Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[arcì] v. roll

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎi] v. become

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[húì] v. fall

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

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

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[po] v. weave

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tù] v. flood

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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