Apatani English

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[harlã] n. thigh

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨle] n. river

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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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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[santú] n. tree

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

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

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[álù] n. task

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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