Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[eem] int. yes

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kõtɨ] part. only

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

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

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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

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[xaci] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; bade

[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jaruɁ] n. a variety of plant

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

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

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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