Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

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

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[huuto] n. light

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

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

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

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Dialect: ant. áttò

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

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

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

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

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tuu] v. pick up

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[ude] n. house

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù