Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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

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

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[parbo] v. crawl across

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[poli] n. seed

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[ríi] n. drool

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[uuko] n. hole

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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