Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amã] n. roof

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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

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[koŋ] num. one

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

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

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mjã] v. name

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[ohoo] v. feed

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

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

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[ude] n. house

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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