Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asã] n. north

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[eɁ] v. shoot

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨdĩ] v. knock; bang; thump

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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

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[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tabu] n. snake

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[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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

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