Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alló] n. bone

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[alíi] v. bury

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎã] v. bless

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎi] v. become

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[hadɨ] n. anger

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lẽda] n. path

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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