Apatani English

[aháa] n. heart

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bíiɁ] v. emit sound; echo

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[harlã] n. thigh

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[laakur] v. take back

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[moru] n. cheek

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[niti] adj. new

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tù] v. flood

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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