Apatani English

[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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

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[agoo] n. outside

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

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

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[harù] n. lung

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lemba] n. village

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[po] v. weave

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

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

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tù] v. flood

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xeli] v. play

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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