Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[koŋ] num. one

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

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lemba] n. village

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

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

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

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

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[some] n. palm civet

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[xirki] n. window

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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