Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

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

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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

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Dialect: var. keená

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

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sarse] n. millet

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[álù] adj. busy

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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