Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎí] n. bow

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[milò] n. husband

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

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pasù] n. needle

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

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[tù] v. push

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[tú] v. kick

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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