Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

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

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ita] n. brick

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[koopja] n. lower back

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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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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[soɉã] n. lizard

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tõ] v. offer; give

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[ǝǝ] int. yes; okay; interjection to express a positive answer

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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