Apatani English

[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aháa] n. heart

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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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

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

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lohĩ] n. three days

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

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

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[úì ácì] v. dive inside water

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