Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adú] v. make noise

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[húì] v. fall

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

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

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[ude] n. house

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ákótá] pron. one more

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[ĩka] pron. that

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