Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apũ] prep. among

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

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

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[japa] n. young man

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[álù] v. to work

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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