Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[alíi] v. bury

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[aɲì] num. two

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[còoʎa] v. limp

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[álì] v. plant

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