Apatani English

[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

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

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hu] pron. who

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[paì] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sɨre taxe] n. tick

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. swre twxe

[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

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

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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