Apatani English

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɲi] n. pestle

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[palo-malo] n. world

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[some] n. palm civet

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[álù] v. to work

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[ĩka] pron. that

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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