Apatani English

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

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[alaɁ] n. hand

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aíi] n. blood

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[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lɨma] n. root

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

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pasù] n. needle

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨló] n. lever

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[pí] v. bark

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tasɨɁ] n. wart

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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