Apatani English

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

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[diipe] n. spade

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

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

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xoo] v. stir

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[japjo] n. winnower

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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