Apatani English

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[aháa] n. heart

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[asó] n. length

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[caa] v. step on

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[emǝr] n. dew

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

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[húì] v. fall

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[lẽda] n. path

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨdĩpa] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñ-kwliñ

[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

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

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarɉaɁ] v. rip; tear

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨloda] adv. today

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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