Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arcì] v. roll

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[sarpu sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[si] dem. this

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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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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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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

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