Apatani English

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amu] n. hair

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[aɲì] num. two

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lẽda] n. path

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[ápì] v. dry

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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