Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[anu] n. younger brother

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

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[balu] n. garden

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

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lemba] n. village

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[naspati] n. pear

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

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

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[papù] n. egg

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jamu] n. fire

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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