Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[ahi] n. tooth

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[harù] n. lung

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hu] pron. who

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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

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

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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

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