Apatani English

[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hu] pron. who

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[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pano] v. sting

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pota] n. paper

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[ubúu] n. hole

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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