Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amu] n. hair

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[aɲì] num. two

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[niti] adj. new

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[pano] v. sting

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[perũ] n. bean

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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

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[poli] n. seed

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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