Apatani English

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

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[agoo] n. outside

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

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

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[húì] v. fall

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sah] n. tea

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[jali] n. fox

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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

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Dialect: ant. do