Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[ajúu] n. long time back

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[huu] v. light up; brighten

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

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[ke] v. write

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koŋ] num. one

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[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[lo] post. with; by

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɁla] n. tear

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[more] n. forest

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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