Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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

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

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[húì] v. fall

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

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kolã] n. pencil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨma] n. root

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[neha tami] n. a variety of plant

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãɉe] n. timber; wood

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tar pɨta] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tarlar

[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[une] n. wound

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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