Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[alíi] v. bury

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[eem] int. yes

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

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

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[koha] num. nine

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[kone] num. one

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe

[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[taju] n. wasp

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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