Apatani English

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

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bjo] v. swim

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cì] v. bite

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

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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

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[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarù] n. rope

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xirki] n. window

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨ] num. six

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[álì] v. plant

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