Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[ajò] n. night

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[ʎo] v. jump

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[ho] n. and

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[sãgo] n. life

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[japǝr] n. mortar

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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