Apatani English

[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[papù] n. egg

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[si] dem. this

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[tù] v. flood

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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