Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[kóò] n. son

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[no ho] pron. where

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pulu] adj. white

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[si] dem. this

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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