Apatani English

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[ude] n. house

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[jali] n. fox

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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