Apatani English

[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[ke] v. write

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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

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[papù] n. egg

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[saɁ] v. breath; suck; cough

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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[óòpaɁ] v. hoe off; dig out

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