Apatani English

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

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

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[ajobo] n. mother-in-law (term of reference)

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

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

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[santú] n. tree

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ámè] v. mate

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