Apatani English

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[ajò] n. night

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[húì] v. fall

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[ke] v. write

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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

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[lemba] n. village

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pasù] n. needle

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pulis] n. police

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[ríi] n. drool

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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