Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ahĩ] n. gold

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

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

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

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

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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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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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[takǝr] n. star

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

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

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[japa] n. young man

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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