Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[hadɨ] n. anger

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sulú] n. fence

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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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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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[japa] n. young man

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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