Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[koopja] n. lower back

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nar] v. borrow

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pace] n. the other side

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[jalã] n. stone

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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