Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽco] v. tickle

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[leko] v. cross

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[lohĩ] n. three days

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[patɨ ahi] n. tiger tooth

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[ŋunu] pron. we; first person plural pronoun

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[taxó] adj. bald

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[tù] v. push

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jo] n. meat

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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