Apatani English

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

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

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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

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

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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