Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[aɲì] num. two

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[diipe] n. spade

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kera pɨcã] n. cauldron

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kormo] n. seed

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

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

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lo] post. with; by

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨrɨ] n. bugle of horn, usually of yak horn

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ápì] v. dry

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