Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bi] v. give; offer

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

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[cì] v. bite

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tapũ] n. bat

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarù] n. rope

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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