Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

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

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arcì] v. roll

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[ho] n. and

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

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

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pìi] v. dry

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[pí] v. bark

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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