Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[beɁxo] v. peel off; pare; flake

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

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[áamì] n. cat

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