Apatani English

[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[baró] n. brother

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pí] v. bark

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[sa] n. rope

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

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[suh] n. spring

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tamù] n. a deity

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨ] v. offer

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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