Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[agoo] n. outside

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[moiɁ] adj. turbid; muddy; murky

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[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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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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