Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[leko] v. cross

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nɨ] pron. what

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xapú] v. peel off

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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

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