Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

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

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xɨ] num. six

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jaso] n. cane

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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