Apatani English

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[apó] n. body

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[cì] v. bite

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[more] n. forest

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

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

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[so] post. at; in

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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