Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. guri’

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. byayuñ

[burù] n. younger brother

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[huuto] n. light

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉar] num. thousand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kala’

[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. myofi

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[pacu] n. chick

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[palo-malo] n. world

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tartu] v. break

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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