Apatani English

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[papù] n. egg

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[poli] n. seed

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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