Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[alo] n. day

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[eem] int. yes

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[poli] n. seed

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tù] v. flood

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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