Apatani English

[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

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

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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

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

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mepi] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi hamañ

[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

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

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[pɨdi] n. a variety of bird

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãtǝr] n. a variety of glass bead

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xe] v. force something

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[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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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui