Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[apó] n. body

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

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

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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