Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[dùu] v. sit

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[more] n. forest

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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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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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[japa] n. young man

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[ámè] v. mate

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