Apatani English

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lãcã] adj. red

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãgo] n. life

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[une] n. wound

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xeli] v. play

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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