Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kormo] n. seed

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[naspati] n. pear

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[niti] adj. new

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pace] n. the other side

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

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rõxe] adv. six times

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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

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[saã] v. grow; live

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

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[ɨdã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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