Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[eem] int. yes

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kormo] n. seed

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[se] v. pull

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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