Apatani English

[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[daruu] n. summer

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

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

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[more] n. forest

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[nã] v. push; press

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[álì] v. plant

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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