Apatani English

[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[bù] v. uproot

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[gokǝr] n. circle

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leko] v. cross

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nesú] n. granary

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pasù] n. needle

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[poŋe] adj. different

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[álì] v. plant

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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