Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hogja] n. leopard

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[migũ] n. a variety of narrated oral literature

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

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

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

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[née] v. wrestle

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pota] n. paper

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[sor] v. slip; skid

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[taŋu-aláa] n. honey

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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