Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arcì] v. roll

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lo] post. with; by

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[milò] n. husband

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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