Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amu] n. hair

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

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

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[milò] n. husband

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pota] n. paper

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jali] n. fox

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[áamì] n. cat

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