Apatani English

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

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

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

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

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pu] v. bind

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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