Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[alo] n. day

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[baró] n. brother

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[née] v. wrestle

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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