Apatani English

[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[eem] int. yes

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[harù] n. lung

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[komla tɨŋá] n. orange

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooló] n. iliac crest

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laakur] v. take back

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[milò] n. husband

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pu] v. bind

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[ákò] adj. low; short

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