Apatani English

[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[bare] num. one (of flat objects)

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[malo] n. roof of a house

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mula] n. radish

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murpu] n. bonfire

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[murũ] n. first month of the lunar year; January; name of the festival celebrated in January

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

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

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[palã tɨŋá] n. plum

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Dialect: or. English

[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jama] adj. poor

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲipá] n. general term for people living in the plains of the south

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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