Apatani English

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[aɲì] num. two

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[baró] n. brother

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[colo] n. a decorative element of babó

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[cì] v. bite

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨraa-loɲã] n. in the coming years

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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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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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[ke] v. write

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[pakã] n. goose

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[pãxa] n. fan

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pepuɁ tabú] n. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[puha] v. sink (in water)

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Dialect: ant. puca

[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨta] n. bird

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tú] v. kick

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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