Apatani English

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[bù] v. uproot

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[patǝr] n. cage

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

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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