Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adã] n. spear

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akì] n. dog

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[alo] n. salt

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[atã] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. aciñ

[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjajũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. beyuñ

[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gokǝr] n. circle

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kamɨ] n. work; task; job; occupation

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[kɨdi] n. soil

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[misì] adj. old woman

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[pẽ] v. build; construct

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨgja gjapúu] n. wreathed hornbill (Aceros undulatus)

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[rutĩ] n. earring

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[áamì] n. cat

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[ámè] v. mate

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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