Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[imi] v. sleep

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[poli] n. seed

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taju] n. wasp

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ĩka] pron. that

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