Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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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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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[tù] v. flood

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[álì] v. plant

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[álù] adj. busy

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