Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[doodu] n. drop

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[eem] int. yes

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haabjã] n. chest

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[humi] pron. whom

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

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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