Apatani English

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alo] n. salt

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[ajò] n. night

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[caa] v. step on

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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

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

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[koŋ] num. one

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[malo] n. roof of a house

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[suh] n. spring

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xe] v. force something

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

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

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[ámì] n. tail

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