Apatani English

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[be] v. fasten or tie

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. caambyó

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[ho] n. and

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

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

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

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

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[rõpe] adv. four times

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[sa] n. rope

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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