Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[hibu] n. beak

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

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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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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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[jali] n. fox

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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