Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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

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Dialect: var. daliñ

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

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[itú] adj. small; short

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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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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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

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Dialect: ant. koso

[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[luho] v. speak offensively

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[so] post. at; in

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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