Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alì] n. leg

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[taa] v. swim

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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