Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[apũ] prep. among

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[car] v. boil

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[diipe] n. spade

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. iza

[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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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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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pacu] n. chick

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

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pota] n. paper

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

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[ámè] v. mate

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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