Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[anu] n. younger brother

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[daruu] n. summer

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[heɁ] v. knit

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[ke] v. write

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[so] post. at; in

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xe] v. read; count

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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