Apatani English

[aamɨ] n. mango

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[arcì] v. roll

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽco] n. titillation

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[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

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pano] v. sting

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[santú] n. tree

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. twle’

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xe] v. force something

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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