Apatani English

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

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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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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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[talo] n. brass plate

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Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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