Apatani English

[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[eem] int. yes

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[golu] v. lie

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[hamã] n. vegetable

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

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

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pota] n. paper

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

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

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[álù] adj. busy

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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