Apatani English

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[alíi] v. bury

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

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

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

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

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mjã] v. name

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ukó] n. back; rear

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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