Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

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

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[ni] v. prune

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[takũ] n. peach

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[takǝr] n. star

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[juɁ] v. skewer

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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

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