Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

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

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[harù] n. lung

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kóò] n. son

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xɨ] num. six

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[xú] v. aim

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jarú] n. ear

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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