Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[apũ] prep. among

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[bo] v. cross; traverse

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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[daruu] n. summer

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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

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[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kanu] num. seven

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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

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[kotǝr] n. bamboo sticks used as counters

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lodɨ] adj. short, of day

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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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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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[saɁca] v. get excited; be motivated

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Dialect: syn. du’ca

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sopĩ] n. lizard

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tù] v. push

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[xɨ] num. six

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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