Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[araɁ] v. tie

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[la] conj. and

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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

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