Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[akó] num. one; single

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cì] v. bite

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[sosma] n. goggle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xeli] v. play

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jarú] n. ear

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù