Apatani English

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

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

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hefi’

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. bihé

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pota] n. paper

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tar] v. bend; break

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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