Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[harù] n. lung

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[japa] n. young man

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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