Apatani English

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

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[adã] n. spear

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

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

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lemba] n. village

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[milò] n. husband

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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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] adj. different

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sarse] n. millet

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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