Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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[née] v. wrestle

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tamù] n. a deity

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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