Apatani English

[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[aɲã] n. year

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[hamã] n. vegetable

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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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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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

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

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[more] n. forest

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

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

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xẽ] v. cut

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

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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