Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abã] n. elder brother

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

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[alo] n. day

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[alo] n. salt

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[behe] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[diipe] n. spade

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[harpó] n. bucket

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[leko] v. cross

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pì] v. clap; pat; swat

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[si] dem. this

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[jo] n. meat

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