Apatani English

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

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

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[abjóo] n. headgear of a priest made of woven cloth

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[aɉí mɨnɨ] n. farmer

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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

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[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[baró] n. brother

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bũci] n. ninth month of the year; September-October

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[bjoɁhú] v. brighten; light up; illuminate

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

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

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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

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[pĩcuɁ] n. bottle; elongated liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jaɁlã] n. boneless portion of red meat

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Dialect: syn. yo aya’

[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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