Apatani English

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[akì] n. dog

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[cì] v. bite

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[golu] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[ho] n. and

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[loci] n. hook; peg

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[milobo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. zimw

[mura] n. seat

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pota] n. paper

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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

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[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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