Apatani English

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dùu] v. sit

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[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

[koʎã] adj. round

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

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

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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

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Dialect: ant. do