Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[baara] n. fare; fee

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

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

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cikã] part. like; similar

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[harù] n. lung

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hupa] pron. for whom

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kormo] n. seed

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[maɉi] n. Tibetan bell without clapper used as a barter item

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xẽ] v. cut

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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