Apatani English

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[caa] v. step on

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tacì] n. crab

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xirki] n. window

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ámè] v. mate

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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