Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

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

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

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

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[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

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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