Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[akì] n. dog

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨɨmi] n. widow

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[itú] adj. small; short

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[mura] n. seat

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨɉo] n. reward for doing something; wage

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nesú] n. granary

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[so] post. at; in

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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

[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tacì] n. crab

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[talo] n. brass plate

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

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ápì] v. dry

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