Apatani English

[aarǝ] n. portion of lower limb of an animal

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[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amã] n. roof

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

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

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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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

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

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

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tù] v. push

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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