Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: ant. haame

[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[lohe] n. one day

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[álù] n. task

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