Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[akó] num. one; single

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

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

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[ohoo] v. feed

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[poli] n. seed

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[pulis] n. police

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[sa] n. rope

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

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

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tarì] n. hail

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jasã] n. firewood; wood

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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

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