Apatani English

[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[arná] v. choke

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[ho] n. and

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[pu] v. bind

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

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

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[soɉã] n. lizard

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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