Apatani English

[aleɁ] n. wing

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cikã] part. like; similar

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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

[go] v. throw

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjã] v. name

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[no ho] pron. where

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabu] n. snake

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[álù] adj. busy

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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