Apatani English

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amã] n. roof

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

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

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

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jali] n. fox

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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