Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[bù] v. uproot

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

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

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñxw

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨceɁ] v. interfere; obstruct; impede

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pota] n. paper

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[álò] v. dry

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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