Apatani English

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alló] n. bone

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hilu] n. gum

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[háa] v. smoke dry

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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