Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[asã] n. north

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bjuu] v. suck

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[daruu] n. summer

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[golu] v. lie

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koha] num. nine

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[soɁko] n. jaw

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[xú] v. measure

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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