Apatani English

[abju-ateɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-axe’

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[aɲì] num. two

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

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kóò] n. son

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨsa saamã] n. pine needle

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[roɁ] v. snatch; seize

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[samã] n. pine needle

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[tapju] n. a species of bamboo

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[japũ] n. sky

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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