Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[arcì] v. roll

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[du] v. drip (of water)

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

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[more] n. forest

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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