Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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

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[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[ho] n. and

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

Speaker: Nani Anga

[itú] adj. small; short

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[moru] n. cheek

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[no ho] pron. where

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[poli] n. seed

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tarù] n. rope

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

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

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