Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[adú] v. make noise

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[asã] n. north

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dù] v. dig; excavate

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ɉar] v. fly; soar; glide

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[po] v. weave

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[santú] n. tree

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xú] v. measure

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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