Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[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

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

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

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[no hopa] pron. for where

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

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

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[pìi] v. dry

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

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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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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tõ] v. display

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jo] n. meat

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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