Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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

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

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xú] v. measure

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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