Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

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

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Dialect: var. abú;

[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alì] n. leg

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[apjũ] n. bunch; cluster

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨdi paju] n. glue obtained from a variety of tuber

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lomè] n. an element of loin loom

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[mixɨ ronɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw runw

[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[no hokɨ] pron. from where

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[nɨ do] pron. when (past tense)

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

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Dialect: syn. bardè

[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[some] n. bamboo shavings used as an element of altar as well as for decoration

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Dialect: syn. jompu

[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[álò] v. dry

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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