Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alì] n. leg

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nẽbu] n. home

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tabu] n. snake

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jama] adj. poor

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ