Apatani English

[adú] v. make noise

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[amã] n. roof

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apũ] prep. among

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[arcì] v. roll

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lãke] n. a cane loop used for restraining cattle

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miɁla] n. tear

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mubu] n. ash; ash color

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[niti] adj. new

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[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sɨpja] n. dhole; Asiatic wild dog

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

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[taɁce] n. crack; rupture; split

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tago alì] n. a wooden tricycle used a children’s toy the wheels of which are of tagó tree trunk

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jaso] n. cane

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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