Apatani English

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lohè] post. till; until

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

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[milò] n. husband

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

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

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[pacu] n. chick

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sãgo] n. life

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[some] n. palm civet

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[talo] n. brass plate

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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