Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kanulo] n. weekdays

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

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[leko] v. cross

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

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

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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

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