Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[karo] v. spy; peep

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨma] n. root

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[milò] n. husband

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[taki] n. ginger

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[tú] v. kick

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[ĩka] pron. that

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