Apatani English

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[ko] prep. in; at

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

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

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[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[née] v. wrestle

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[pahĩ] n. liver

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tõ] v. display

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xootu] n. metal skewer for male hair knot

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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