Apatani English

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

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[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apũ] prep. among

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

Speaker: Nani Anga

[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lemba] n. village

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagoɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tapa’

[taki] n. ginger

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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