Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taa] v. swim

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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