Apatani English

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

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

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hua] v. fall into something

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kapjó] adj. first

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

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mo] v. move one’s face

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ámì] n. tail

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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