Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[aháa] n. heart

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

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

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hamã] n. vegetable

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

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

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[no ho] pron. where

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[patǝr] n. cage

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[po] v. weave

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tarì] n. hail

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ