Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[ajò] n. night

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

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

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hu] pron. who

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kóò] n. son

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

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

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[patǝr] n. cage

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[pulis] n. police

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rõpe] adv. four times

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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