Apatani English

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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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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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[la] conj. and

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

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

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[santú] n. tree

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[some] n. palm civet

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨɲi] n. sugar or. Assamese

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Dialect: var. swni

[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tabu] n. snake

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[xeli] v. play

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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