Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[aɲã] n. year

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

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

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[daruu] n. summer

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[golu] v. lie

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kanu] num. seven

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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