Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì] n. dog

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

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

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

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

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[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

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

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[takǝr] n. star

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[áakũ] v. come early

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[álù] v. to work

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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