Apatani English

[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[burù] n. younger brother

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[harù] n. lung

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[se] v. pull

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[so] post. at; in

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jalã] n. stone

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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