Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alíi] v. bury

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pacu] n. chick

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sa] n. rope

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ápì] v. dry

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