Apatani English

[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[arná] v. choke

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[dùu] v. sit

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[harù] n. lung

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[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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

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Dialect: syn. icu

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nãca] v. push something up

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[ni] v. prune

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[po] v. weave

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sãgo] n. life

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xapú] v. peel off

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[álò] v. dry

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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