Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bi] v. give; offer

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[daruu] n. summer

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[ke] v. write

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[koha] num. nine

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[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[more] n. forest

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[mura] n. seat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[japa] n. young man

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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