Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[amu] n. hair

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

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diipe] n. spade

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[ke] v. write

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[si] dem. this

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[urú] n. family

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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