Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[caa] v. step on

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pidú

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. hurbu

[huu] v. light up; brighten

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

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

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañru

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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