Apatani English

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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

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

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lohe] n. one day

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puluɁ] v. cover

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[áakũ] v. come early

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