Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abã] n. elder brother

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[ajò] n. night

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[balu] n. garden

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[ʎaɁpjo] n. dry cultivation area (esp. for millet)

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[ʎi] v. become

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hiɁsu-hoɁsu] adj. nonplussed; disconcerted; stumped; at a loss

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[talu baɁlo] v. betray; deceive

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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