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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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲì] num. two

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[roha] v. dry over fire

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[ámì] n. tail

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

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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