Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[baró] n. brother

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

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

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[car] v. boil

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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