Apatani English

[agoo] n. outside

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[balu] n. garden

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pulis] n. police

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rubi] n. deaf

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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