Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[asã] n. north

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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

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Dialect: syn. ice

[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[papú] n. puffed grain

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

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

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

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[sumù] n. sand

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò