Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alo] n. salt

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[aɲã] n. year

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[eem] int. yes

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁciɁ] n. finger

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[álù] adj. busy

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