Apatani English

[abíi-tarɨ] n. dress; clothes; garments; attire

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[akì talã] n. dog of brownish color

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[biɉe tɨgja] n. a flowering plant found in the bamboo gardens

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haace] adj. sad; heart-breaking

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[harù] n. lung

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽɉu-hemjo] n. character; disposition; temperament

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koŋ] num. one

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[párɨɨ] v. twist; turn around

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Dialect: syn. párww-paxe

[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[takeɁ] n. germ

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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