Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[ahì] n. fruit

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[cì] v. bite

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[hẽpa] v. recall; remember

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hu] pron. who

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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