Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[amu] n. hair

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[apó] n. body

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. guri’

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

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

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[caa] v. step on

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gokǝr] n. circle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. koopu’

[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. me’si’

[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nar] v. borrow

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pulu] adj. white

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[japĩ] n. nose

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

Speaker: Tage Kanno