Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[koha] num. nine

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kone] num. one

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

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

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tõ] v. display

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

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

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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