Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[apó] n. body

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

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nar] v. borrow

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[saati] n. pine sap

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

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

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[japa] n. young man

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

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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

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Dialect: ant. do