Apatani English

[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[ahì] n. fruit

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sanɨ] n. tree

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ákótá] pron. one more

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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