Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[caa] v. step on

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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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 alo] n. Sunday

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

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

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jo] n. meat

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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