Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[baarò] adj. big flat object

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Dialect: ant. bazo, barzo

[bi] v. give; offer

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hẽdǝr] v. conscious; understand; figure out

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[huuto] n. light

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lemba] n. village

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[muɉa] n. socks

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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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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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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