Apatani English

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

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

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[milò] n. husband

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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