Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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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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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kɨle] n. river

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[more] n. forest

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

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

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[pasù] n. needle

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jali] n. fox

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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