Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[daruu] n. summer

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hibu] n. beak

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kormo] n. seed

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[la] conj. and

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mura] n. seat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

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

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xú] v. measure

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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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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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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