Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akì] n. dog

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[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’

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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