Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[eem] int. yes

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sãxã] n. border post

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tù] v. flood

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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