Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[pacu] n. chick

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[taa] v. swim

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ápì] v. dry

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

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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