Apatani English

[aháa] n. heart

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

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

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[baró] n. brother

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨpiɁ] n. numbness of the limbs

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[mura] n. seat

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nãbo] v. push something across

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[paroɁ sampja] n. fowl feeding tray

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pjaɁpuɁ] v. throw water at somebody

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saati] n. pine sap

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨtɨ bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jasi paɉeɁ] n. water birds

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

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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