Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

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

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

Speaker: Nani Anga

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

Speaker: Nani Anga

[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leko] v. cross

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[ŋarsi] v. chuckle; laugh quietly or inwardly

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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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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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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