Apatani English

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

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Dialect: var. abvr

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[supũ] n. world

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taʎa] v. listen

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tero] n. chili

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xapú] v. peel off

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[álò] v. dry

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