Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[alo] n. day

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[diipe] n. spade

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

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

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[húì] v. fall

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jama] adj. poor

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[japũ] n. sky

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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