Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[adã] n. spear

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alì] n. leg

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[ho] num. in; at

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nesú] n. granary

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[supũ] n. world

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tamì] n. weed

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tú] v. kick

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xe] v. force something

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[xe] v. read; count

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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