Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[harù] n. lung

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[koŋ] num. one

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[moru] n. cheek

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[née] v. wrestle

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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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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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[putu] n. mountain

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

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ámì] n. tail

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