Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[niti] adj. new

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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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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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jopo] n. cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[álù] adj. busy

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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