Apatani English

[adú] v. make noise

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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

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

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

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[álì] v. plant

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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