Apatani English

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[alì] n. leg

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cikã] part. like; similar

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[une] n. wound

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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