Apatani English

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[ho] n. and

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

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[putu] n. mountain

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jaso] n. cane

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[álò] v. dry

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