Apatani English

[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

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

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[golu] v. lie

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tolɨɁ] v. pour something in

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Dialect: ant. toliñ

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[japjo] n. winnower

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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