Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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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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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[golu] v. lie

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mjã] v. name

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[papú] n. puffed grain

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[xú] v. measure

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲagó] n. snout

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