Apatani English

[abjo] adj. endearing

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

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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

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[aɲì] num. two

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[bù] v. uproot

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lemba] n. village

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[lohe] n. one day

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[patǝr] n. cage

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

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

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[sumù] n. sand

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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