Apatani English

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉiɉe] adj. truthful, true

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[katĩ] v. compare; analogize to; equate to

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[kone abiɁ] pron. everyone

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨmĩ talo] n. a variety of brass plate

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[kée] v. pole vault; jump with a pole

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miɁbeɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’byo’ amu

[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨlù-mɨle] v. disturb

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rica] v. throw something upwards

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[talo] n. brass plate

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[uuko] n. hole

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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