Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[daruu] n. summer

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kapjó] adj. first

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kúcì] adj. near

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨma] n. root

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[palo-malo] n. world

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[si] dem. this

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

Example: Photo by Talyang Millo

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jo] n. meat

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co