Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asó] n. length

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[doodu] n. drop

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hiŋ] num. three

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

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

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tù] v. flood

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[ude] n. house

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[urú] n. family

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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