Apatani English

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

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[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[aíi] n. blood

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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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

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[marpu] n. corn silk

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mjã] v. name

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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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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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tartu] v. break

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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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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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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