Apatani English

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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