Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[ho] num. in; at

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

Speaker: Nani Anga

[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[álù] adj. busy

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