Apatani English

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amiɁ] n. eye

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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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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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[eem] int. yes

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gehe] v. yawn

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[iju] n. anus

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

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

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[la] conj. and

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[more] n. forest

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[si] dem. this

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tago’

[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jaso] n. cane

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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