Apatani English

[adã] n. spear

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[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[barbo-ʎibo] n. wife’s sister’s husband (term of reference)

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kuupaɁ] v. throw away

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[more] n. forest

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨju sɨle] n. information

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[tù] v. push

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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