Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daruu] n. summer

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[golu] v. lie

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[harbjã] adj. full (as of moon)

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[huuda] adj. bright

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[huuto] n. light

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[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[hɨri] n. small particle of dirt

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ih] int. interjection to express disapproval

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[po] v. weave

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

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

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

[ríi] n. drool

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[sabũ] n. soap

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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