Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[adã] n. spear

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daruu] n. summer

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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

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

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[miɁla] n. tear

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

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[santú] n. tree

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tago’

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpvr

[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xe] v. force something

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ĩka] pron. that

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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