Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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

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

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kõci] n. dawn

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mja] v. lull; console

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[rã] v. tie; tether

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

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

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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