Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[amjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bijã tɨɁgja] n. waist (esp. of female)

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨlɨ kɨce] n. bamboo glass for measuring rice

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[hu] pron. who

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koiɁ] v. a way of putting on a cloth on the body, esp. by the males

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rupu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rwpu

[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sapì] adj. flattened

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[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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[xirki] n. window

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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