Apatani English

[adã] n. spear

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xẽ] v. cut

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[xirki] n. window

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù