Apatani English

[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

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

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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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

[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjuu] v. suck

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[daruu] n. summer

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harù] n. lung

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[laakur] v. take back

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[milò] n. husband

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[no hopa] pron. for where

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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