Apatani English

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[appú] n. flower

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[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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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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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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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tõ] v. display

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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