Apatani English

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[anee] v. provide packing or support to join or mend something.

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[atú-kahè] n. size

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[húì] v. fall

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kursi] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lohe] n. one day

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨbiɁ] n. right (leg)

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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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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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tamì] n. weed

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[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[taju] n. wasp

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jasi jalo] n. reflection

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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