Apatani English

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[appú] n. flower

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[hágɨ] v. escape; run away; flee

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Dialect: var. hárgw

[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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