Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

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

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[asã] n. north

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[po] v. weave

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨcó] v. make offering to God before food or drink in the form a morsel of rice or a drop of drink

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[supũ] n. world

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[une] n. wound

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[álì] v. plant

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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