Apatani English

[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[doodu] n. drop

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dùu] v. sit

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hoi] v. be; happen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[huuto] n. light

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[lohe] n. one day

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[parbo] v. crawl across

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[álù] n. task

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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