Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akì] n. dog

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[be] v. fasten or tie

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

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

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[ho] n. and

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pulu] adj. white

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

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[takũ] n. peach

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá