Apatani English

[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[asã] n. north

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[go] v. fly; soar

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[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[hamã] n. vegetable

Speaker: Nani Anga

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. hiicí

[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lemba] n. village

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nasɨ] n. dance or. Hindi

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Dialect: var. nasu

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[álù] v. to work

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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