Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[heɁ] v. knit

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sãgo] n. life

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xe] v. read; count

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[jali] n. fox

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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