Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

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

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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

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

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pakù] n. pigeon

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[po] v. weave

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[pota] n. paper

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[álù] n. task

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