Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[ajúu] n. long time back

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[aì-haaɉuɁ] n. weight

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[bibuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’ var. bebu’

[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[bù] v. uproot

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

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

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Dialect: la.wav?

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[húì] v. fall

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

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

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[raabúu] n. hollow

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[tù] v. push

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ámè] v. mate

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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