Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[abã] n. elder brother

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[amã] n. roof

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hibu] n. beak

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[parɨ] v. rotate

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[poŋe] adj. different

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

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

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xirki] n. window

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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