Apatani English

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[agoo] n. outside

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[car] v. boil

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

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

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

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

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[roɲe] adv. twice; two times

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[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[tú] v. kick

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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