Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[amú] v. to tell a lie

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

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[xú] v. aim

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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