Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[asã] n. north

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[áamì] n. cat

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