Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[akì] n. dog

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

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

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[harpó] n. bucket

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

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ámì] n. tail

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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