Apatani English

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

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Dialect: var. abvr

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[henci] n. a variety of edible berry

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

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[moru] n. cheek

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

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

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[japũ] n. sky

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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