Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ka] v. see; look at

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

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lohe] n. one day

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

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xeli] v. play

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[álò] v. dry

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