Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[balu] n. garden

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[huɲi] n. pestle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[la] conj. and

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

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

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[taju] n. wasp

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ámì] n. tail

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