Apatani English

[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[asó] n. length

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bjo] v. swim

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

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

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[santú] n. tree

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xɨ] num. six

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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