Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[harù] n. lung

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kamo] adj. dark

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ákojá] pron. something else

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[álì] v. plant

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