Apatani English

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[aíi] n. blood

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[harpó] n. bucket

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hu] pron. who

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kakur] v. look back

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[ohoo] v. feed

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pakù] n. pigeon

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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

Example: Photo by Hage Tara

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tamì] n. weed

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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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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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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