Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[aɲã] n. year

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barmɨ] n. sister

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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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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[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

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

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mò aɲi] pron. they (two); third person dual pronoun

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[suh] n. spring

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xée] v. fry; roast

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[japa] n. young man

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[jãko patɨ] n. lion (Panthera lion)

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[áamì] n. cat

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