Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aʎí] n. bow

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

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨma] n. root

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[ni] v. prune

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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