Apatani English

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

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Dialect: var. abú;

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

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apó] n. body

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

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[misì] adj. old woman

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaxa] n. cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[rãda] n. smoothing plane

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[sãxã] n. border post

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tero] n. chili

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[xú] v. measure

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[ɲaa] v. point; aim; direct

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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