Apatani English

[aʎí] n. bow

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[atú-kahè] n. size

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[axor] n. letter

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[baró] n. brother

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

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[ho] n. and

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[kakur] v. look back

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

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

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Dialect: syn. muku

[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pe] v. switch; lever

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tamù] n. a deity

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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