Apatani English

[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bù] v. uproot

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[more] n. forest

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[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[niti] adj. new

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xe] v. force something

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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