Apatani English

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arcì] v. roll

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

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[burù] n. younger brother

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[húì] v. fall

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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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

[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[loɲì] n. two days

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pili] n. playground; open field

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pota] n. paper

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[sa] n. rope

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[tacì] n. crab

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tõ] v. display

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jo jaxo] n. skewer (for meat)

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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