Apatani English

[alo] n. salt

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[balu] n. garden

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[beʎe] v. chatter; babble

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[xe] v. force something

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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