Apatani English

[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[si] dem. this

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xuu] adj. old

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[álù] n. task

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