Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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

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[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amu] n. hair

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[ajò] n. night

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

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɁla] n. tear

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nɨ] pron. what

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pota] n. paper

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[japa] n. young man

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[álù] v. to work

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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