Apatani English

[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[heɁ] v. knit

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[lebu] n. agate bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lemba] n. village

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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

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[nɨmĩ] n. placenta

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

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[pasù] n. needle

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pila] n. a variety of liquid dish obtained by filtering ashes of particular plants

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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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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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[ude] n. house

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ámì] n. tail

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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