Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[car] v. boil

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[emǝr] n. dew

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hibu] n. beak

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ɉola] n. bag

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

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lẽda] n. path

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pu] v. bind

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jalã] n. stone

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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