Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arcì] v. roll

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kapa] v. find; discover; see

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[loci] n. hook; peg

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[tacì] n. crab

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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