Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[aɲì] num. two

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[golu] v. lie

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hu] pron. who

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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

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