Apatani English

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ʎi] v. become

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. age’

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[niti] adj. new

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tago’

[tar] v. bend; break

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tarì] n. hail

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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