Apatani English

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[aíi] n. blood

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[balu] n. garden

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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