Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨso] adj. afraid; scared; terrified

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hu] pron. who

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨdi] n. soil

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mura] n. seat

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nã] v. push; press

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[poli] n. seed

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[subú] n. alley; back alley

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[supũ] n. world

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tù] v. push

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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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

[jorsã] n. green chili

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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