Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[alo] n. salt

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dwliñ

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. dór

[duu] n. paddy for husking

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háako] n. entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. áako

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. keená

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kolã] n. pencil

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: or. English

[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[muku] n. tobacco

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nasu

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pota] n. paper

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[pu] v. bind

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapeɁ] n. leech

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. twpe’

[tarù] n. rope

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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