Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

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

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. giko’

[gokǝr] n. circle

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[guɁpi] v. lie face down

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[koha] num. nine

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[kompjutar] n. computer

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: or. English

[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lemba] n. village

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nalò] v. push down

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: var. nañlò

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[ohoo] v. feed

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

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

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[pano] v. sting

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[japǝr] n. mortar

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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