Apatani English

[adú] v. make noise

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[alíi] v. bury

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[diipe] n. spade

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

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

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

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

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[santú] n. tree

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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

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