Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alo] n. salt

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[bù] v. uproot

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[caa] v. step on

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[imi] v. sleep

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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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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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

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

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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