Apatani English

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hoã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háa] v. smoke dry

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[leko] v. cross

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pacu] n. chick

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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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

[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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