Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alo] n. day

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

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

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[Pinɨ] n. Creator

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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