Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

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

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[takũ] n. peach

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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