Apatani English

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[ho] num. in; at

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

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

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[pano] v. sting

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[perũ] n. bean

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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