Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[heɁ] v. knit

Speaker: Nani Anga

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

Speaker: Nani Anga

[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. keená

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kormo] n. seed

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mura] n. seat

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[supũ] n. world

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[xe] v. force something

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xú] v. aim

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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