Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amu] n. hair

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjã] v. name

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tarù] n. rope

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[une] n. wound

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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