Apatani English

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

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[asó] n. length

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. gyambo

[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: ant. cazó

[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Kanno

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[díĩ] v. curse

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

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ganda] n. country; land

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

Speaker: Tage Numpi

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁka] v. frisk

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hogja] n. leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ɉu] v. winnow

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[mjopɨ] n. floor

Speaker: Tage Yassing

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[siɁ] n. urine

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[tù] v. flood

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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