Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aalú] n. potato or. Assamese

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Dialect: syn. byayuñ

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. haapa

[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨle] n. river

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

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

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

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[née] v. wrestle

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pasù] n. needle

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[po] v. weave

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sor] v. slip; skid

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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