Apatani English

[aa] letter name a the letter representing a in the Apatani alphabet

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

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

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

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[eha] v. make ritual offerings to nature including forests and agricultural fields

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[ho] num. in; at

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[iɁŋǝr] v. snore

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨɉù-mɨmjo] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[sárce] v. tear something into two parts

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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