Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[lake] v. to cross legs

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[papù] n. egg

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[xe] v. read; count

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ápì] v. dry

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