Apatani English

[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[akó] num. one; single

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lohe] n. one day

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjã] v. name

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pano] v. sting

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[álò] v. dry

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