Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

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

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

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Dialect: ant. áttò

[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xe] v. force something

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jali] n. fox

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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