Apatani English

[aʎí] n. bow

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[bár] v. charge interest

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

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[ni] v. prune

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xɨbe] n. other

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[álì] v. plant

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