Apatani English

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[asè] v. wash; clean

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[asó] n. length

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gè] v. mark; write

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. icu

[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kõda] n. tommorow morning

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[niti] adj. new

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[raɉi] n. plastic

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[xe] v. force something

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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