Apatani English

[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

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

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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