Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[asuɁ] adj. dud crop; fuitless; unproductive

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Dialect: ant. abiñ

[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bũ] v. crowd

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[ciĩ] v. weave

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[niti] adj. new

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tur] v. support (esp. with a pole or stick)

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jama] adj. poor

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[jamuɁ] adj. ashy (color)

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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