Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dùu] v. sit

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[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[ho] n. and

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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