Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. habuñ

[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. buqá

[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[ke] v. write

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[po] v. weave

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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