Apatani English

[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

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

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kormo] n. seed

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

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[ni] v. prune

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tú] v. kick

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[álù] v. to work

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