Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[abã] n. elder brother

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alló] n. bone

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[aíi] n. blood

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ɉi] adj. black

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨla kɨla] adj. eyes wide open

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

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Dialect: var. kwmì

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

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[la] conj. and

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[paɉeɁ] n. duck

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋaare] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaatw

[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sãgo] n. life

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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