Apatani English

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

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanu] num. seven

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[milò] n. husband

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[siɁ] n. urine

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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