Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amu] n. hair

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[sa] n. rope

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taa] v. swim

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[urú] n. family

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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