Apatani English

[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

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

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[ajò] n. night

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[eem] int. yes

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tar] v. bend; break

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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