Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[ajò] n. night

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[dùu] v. sit

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mura] n. seat

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[álì] v. plant

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[álù] adj. busy

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