Apatani English

[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hu] pron. who

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

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

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poli] n. seed

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sãgo] n. life

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tẽbjaɁ] v. get burnt by touching something hot

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ápì] v. dry

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