Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[akó] num. one; single

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[danɨ] n. heavy wooden hammer

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[diipe] n. spade

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

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

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

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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

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[ʎãpĩ-cãtũ] n. protective deity in the household

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

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

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tagì] n. sickle

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tù] v. flood

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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