Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pota] n. paper

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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