Apatani English

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[adã] n. spear

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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Speaker: Tage Yassing

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[koŋ] num. one

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xeli] v. play

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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