Apatani English

[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amu] n. hair

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arcì] v. roll

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

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. impya’

[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[harpó] n. bucket

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. hágw

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉola] n. bag

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[leko] v. cross

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[niti] adj. new

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarlũ] adj. barren; childless

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨre] n. thorn

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Dialect: syn. tare

[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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