Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

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

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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