Apatani English

[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akì] n. dog

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pidú

[hẽco] n. titillation

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. huañ

[huli] n. boil; pimple

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húì] v. fall

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

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

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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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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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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