Apatani English

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[asó] n. length

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bù] v. uproot

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laakur] v. take back

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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