Apatani English

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[alo] n. salt

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[asuɁ-asaɁ] n. disgrace; shame

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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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

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[diiha] n. clay soil

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[doodu] n. drop

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dùukũ] v. sit together

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎi] v. become

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[ho] n. and

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mipa] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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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 mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[saɁpĩ saɁko] adj. suffocating; stifling

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sɨjĩ] n. a variety of carnivorous animal

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[taɁcè] v. cut into two

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tarù] n. rope

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[ákótá] pron. one more

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[ámè] v. mate

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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