Apatani English

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[asó] n. length

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

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

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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