Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[harù] n. lung

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjã] v. name

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sulú] n. fence

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

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[uuko] n. hole

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jo] n. meat

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[áamì] n. cat

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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