Apatani English

[adú] n. noise; sound

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. kúcì

[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[caa] v. step on

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[koopja] n. lower back

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[lemba] n. village

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[milò] n. husband

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tahw

[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[xú] v. aim

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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