Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apó] n. body

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[hiŋ] num. three

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lohe] n. one day

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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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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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tagì] n. sickle

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tù] v. flood

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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