Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akó] num. one; single

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[aɲì] num. two

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[sa] n. rope

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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