Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[abã] n. elder brother

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

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

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[perũ] n. bean

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sapì] adj. flattened

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

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá