Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

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

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[pahĩ] n. liver

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pasù] n. needle

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[ríi] n. drool

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

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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