Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[caa] v. step on

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

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

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[harù] n. lung

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[húì] v. fall

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁla] n. tear

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨkoɁ] v. open

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[née] v. wrestle

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[une] n. wound

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ámì] n. tail

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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