Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

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

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[eem] int. yes

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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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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[haapũ] n. gap (in space or time)

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kakur] v. look back

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[koŋ] num. one

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[ne] pron. how much; how many

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

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[si] dem. this

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[jamu] n. fire

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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