Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[elù] n. reed flute

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kone] num. one

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[loɲì] n. two days

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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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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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[santì] n. a variety of hardwood

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[áamì] n. cat

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[álù] v. to work

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