Apatani English

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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

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Dialect: var. bww

[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lẽda] n. path

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[papù] n. egg

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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

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[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tasã] n. ornament

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

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

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

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

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[áade] v. come close; approach

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[ápì] v. dry

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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