Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alló] n. bone

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[aɲì] num. two

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[ho] n. and

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[tacì] n. crab

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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