Apatani English

[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

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

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[áamì] n. cat

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