Apatani English

[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[balu] n. garden

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[bjopa] n. cap; headgear

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

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

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨsa] n. pine

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taaró] n. variety of a fig

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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