Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[cáa] v. split; slit

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dimǝr] n. dust

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Dialect: syn. pwmvr

[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haataɁ] n. front; fore; foreground; anterior

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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

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

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[luho] v. speak offensively

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mo] v. move one’s face

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[papù] n. egg

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sa] n. rope

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[saati] n. pine sap

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[japũ] n. sky

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

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[ákojá] pron. something else

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