Apatani English

[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[go] v. fly; soar

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[ikũ] n. beewax, used for joining broken threads

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[some] n. palm civet

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[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarù] n. rope

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xe] v. force something

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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