Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[golu] v. lie

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koha] num. nine

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lãcã] adj. red

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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

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

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[si] dem. this

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taʎa] v. listen

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[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tartu] v. break

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tú] v. kick

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[áa] v. come; arrive; enter

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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