Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

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

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[laakur] v. take back

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lẽda] n. path

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

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

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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