Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kako jalo] n. mirror

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

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[koopja] n. lower back

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[nalò] v. push down

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Dialect: var. nañlò

[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pu] v. bind

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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