Apatani English

[agoo] n. outside

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[alo] n. salt

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nama] pron. your mother

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. nane

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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