Apatani English

[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

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[alo] n. day

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[daɲi] n. sun

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjodi] n. far off place

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[oho gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

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

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[taki] n. ginger

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[japũ] n. sky

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[álò] v. dry

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