Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alíi] v. bury

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[buuì] n. rat dropping

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[caa] v. step on

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gaɁtĩ] v. block by holding

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hago] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. pwgo

[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

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

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[utũ bulũ] adj. chubby; healthy

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Dialect: var. tatuñ buluñ

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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