Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alo] n. day

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[caa] v. step on

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[ho] num. in; at

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[milò] n. husband

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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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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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tú] v. kick

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[álù] n. task

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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