Apatani English

[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alíi] v. bury

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[itú] adj. small; short

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

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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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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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

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

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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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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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[áamì] n. cat

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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