Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arná] v. choke

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

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

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[álù] adj. busy

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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