Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[háa] v. smoke dry

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pano] v. sting

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

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[salĩ] v. expel out

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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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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[taki] n. ginger

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[áamì] n. cat

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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