Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kakur] v. look back

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[ohoo] v. feed

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarse] n. millet

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[takũ] n. peach

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[urú] n. family

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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