Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axɨ sáa] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw har

[aja] adj. good; beautiful; virtuous; righteous; suitable; appropriate

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

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[po] v. weave

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. tajvr

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tero] n. chili

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar