Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[baró] n. brother

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[ho] n. and

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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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

[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pano] v. sting

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[santú] n. tree

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ámì] n. tail

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