Apatani English

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[diipe] n. spade

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ka] v. see; look at

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[álù] v. to work

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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