Apatani English

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[harlã] n. thigh

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[pacu] n. chick

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tù] v. push

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[une] n. wound

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xirki] n. window

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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