Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[amu] n. hair

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

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

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨle] n. river

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pìi] v. dry

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sãgo] n. life

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tù] v. flood

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ápì] v. dry

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