Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[anu] n. younger brother

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[apũ] prep. among

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[go] v. fly; soar

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[née] v. wrestle

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[poli] n. seed

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ámì] n. tail

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