Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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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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[alo] n. day

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ama

[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. buuzó

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

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[cikã] part. like; similar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dui] n. tobacco

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. akì dula

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hárgw

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲatu] n. resting place

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

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[ámì] n. tail

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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