Apatani English

[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

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

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[taiɁ tapĩ] n. corn

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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