Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨma] n. root

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[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[puʎe] n. cloth

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

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

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tape hamã] n. vegetable of pumpkin leaves

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[taxxũ] n. countercurrent fish trap

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[ubúu] n. hole

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[jaabũ] adj. dull (of a person)

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jasi jaɉuɁ] n. water ladle

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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

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