Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

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

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bww

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[heʎu] v. forget

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lẽda] n. path

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. arañ

[mopla] n. muffler

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tartu] v. break

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xõcã] n. corner

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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