Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨ] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. iza

[ita] n. brick

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

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

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[pace] n. the other side

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. twniñ

[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

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

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xeli] v. play

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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