Apatani English

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

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[akó] num. one; single

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dotɨ] n. sky

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ija

[ĩci] v. reach

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

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[jamu] n. fire

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

Speaker: Tage Kanno