Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[ajò] n. night

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[diipe] n. spade

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

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

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[oho búu] v. give birth

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

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

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

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[santú] n. tree

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[subú] n. alley; back alley

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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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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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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