Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[anɨ̀-aba] n. parent

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bù] v. uproot

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[hamã] n. vegetable

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

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mura] n. seat

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pacu] n. chick

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rupĩ] n. earring

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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