Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hogja] n. leopard

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tartu] v. break

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[une] n. wound

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[japa] n. young man

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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