Apatani English

[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[aháa] n. heart

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[asĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

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

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

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

Example: Photo by Kanno Tage

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[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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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mitai] n. sweet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[supũ pĩta] n. beer container used during rituals

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨhũ] n. hanging bridge

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨpiɁ] n. pangolin

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[tamì] n. weed

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[tù] v. flood

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[xoopaɁ] v. remove something by using a stick as a lever

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨpaɁ] v. subtract

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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