Apatani English

[adã] n. spear

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[ahi] n. tooth

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

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[ajú] n. traditional ballad usually sang by the males as competition or simple narration

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[balu] n. garden

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[diipe] n. spade

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

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

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[leko] v. cross

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[lemba] n. village

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rì alo] n. the day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rìda

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[taa] v. swim

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

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

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[une] n. wound

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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