Apatani English

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[alo] n. salt

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[appú] n. flower

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aɲã] n. year

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[japũ] n. sky

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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