Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[appú] n. flower

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[ka] v. see; look at

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨló] n. lever

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[roha] v. dry over fire

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tabu] n. snake

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tamù] n. a deity

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[álò] v. dry

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