Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎo] v. jump

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hĩ] v. pinch

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lohe] n. one day

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[moru] n. cheek

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[niti] adj. new

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sɨlì] n. water body

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taa] v. swim

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tuu] v. pick up

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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