Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉĩbò] n. friend (used as both term of reference and address)

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

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

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dekĩ] n. clay

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

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[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’