Apatani English

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[car] v. boil

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[ke] v. write

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pacu] n. chick

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[soɉã] n. lizard

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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

[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[tagì] n. sickle

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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