Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[ta] v. listen; hear

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

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[jama] adj. poor

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[japũ] n. sky

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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