Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨdu] n. heel

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[née] v. wrestle

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tar] v. bend; break

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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