Apatani English

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[golu] v. lie

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kormo] n. seed

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarù] n. rope

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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