Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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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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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉola] n. bag

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tacì] n. crab

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[ámì] n. tail

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