Apatani English

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[car] v. boil

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[hadɨ] v. be angry

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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

[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mepi

[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[niti] adj. new

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[sarse] n. millet

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sor] v. complain; protest

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

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[japa] n. young man

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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