Apatani English

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aʎĩ] n. pancreas

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[la] conj. and

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[luhɨɁ] v. stammer; stutter

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨxoɁ] v. peel or scrap, of a wound scab or a bark of a tree

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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