Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[arcì] v. roll

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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

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Dialect: ant. koso

[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[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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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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

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Dialect: var. roñ

[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[takũ] n. peach

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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