Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alló] n. bone

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[aì] adj. heavy

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[álò] v. dry

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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