Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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