Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[alló] n. bone

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[daruu] n. summer

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hua] v. fall into something

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sarse] n. millet

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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