Apatani English

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

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dùu] v. sit

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koopja] n. lower back

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nar] v. borrow

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nẽbu] n. home

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[perũ] n. bean

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takǝr] n. star

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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