Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[apũ] prep. among

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[aɲã] n. year

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[marpu] n. corn silk

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nar] v. borrow

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xɨ] num. six

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò