Apatani English

[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[anɨɁ] n. hurry; haste; urgent

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[koŋ] num. one

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[luxè] v. speak rudely; speak brusquely

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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