Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[baró] n. brother

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[harù] n. lung

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

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lohe] n. one day

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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