Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[aɲì] num. two

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[more] n. forest

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[niti] adj. new

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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