Apatani English

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[harù] n. lung

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kamo] n. darkness

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[koŋ] num. one

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

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

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãgo] n. life

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tù] v. flood

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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