Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hokɨ] post. from

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[raɉi] n. plastic

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[jamu] n. fire

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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

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[jasi] n. water

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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