Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[alì] n. leg

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[lohe] n. one day

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pakã] n. goose

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pĩbú] adj. individualistic; personal

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Dialect: ant. búutw

[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨre] n. wild pig; boar

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tagjaɁ] v. hear wrongly

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[xuu] adj. old

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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