Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kone] num. one

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[papù] n. egg

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pulis] n. police

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jali] n. fox

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[japǝr] n. mortar

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[álò] v. dry

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