Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kormo] n. seed

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

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

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papù] n. egg

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

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

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

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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