Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hu] pron. who

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[po] v. weave

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xuu] adj. old

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[jorsã] n. green chili

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[álì] v. plant

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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