Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[appú] n. flower

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

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽɉu-mɨɉu] n. behaviour; conduct; deportment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hokɨ] post. from

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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

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

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[la] conj. and

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

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

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jasi] n. water

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò