Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poli] n. seed

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[soɁko] n. jaw

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xirki] n. window

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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