Apatani English

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[ĩ] v. go

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[saã] v. grow; live

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xe] v. force something

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jarú] n. ear

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù