Apatani English

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cuu] v. move with head forward

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

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

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Dialect: var. dór

[eem] int. yes

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gè] v. mark; write

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

[haɁ] v. bite off

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ho] num. in; at

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kone] num. one

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tù] v. push

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[xeli] v. play

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. za’za’