Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[aɉo] adj. gentle; tender

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[alló] n. bone

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[do] v. be; exist; lie

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. zima

[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mura] n. seat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[samã] n. pine needle

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[taki] n. ginger

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[teɁhi] v. fall down

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[uuko] n. hole

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

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

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

Speaker: Tage Kanno