Apatani English

[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mjã] v. name

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[paako] n. an element of babo

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rã] v. tie; tether

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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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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[santú] n. tree

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[se] v. pull

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[ĩka] pron. that

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