Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[alo] n. day

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[burù] n. younger brother

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[daruu] n. summer

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rõxe] adv. six times

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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