Apatani English

[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[emǝr] n. dew

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[marpu] n. corn silk

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[more] n. forest

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[mjobju] n. earthquake

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[suh] n. spring

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[sumù] n. sand

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tapĩ] n. ice

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tarì] n. hail

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[tù] v. flood

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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