Apatani English

[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

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

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hu] pron. who

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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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’

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[jalã] n. stone

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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