Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[appú] n. flower

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

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

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[more] n. forest

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pahĩ] n. liver

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

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

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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