Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[diipe] n. spade

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[doodu] n. drop

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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

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[hibu] n. beak

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨcã] n. pot

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[taxó] adj. bald

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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