Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[doodu] n. drop

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

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

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[peɁkó] adj. smart, of a person; strong, of taste

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xuu] adj. old

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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