Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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[abã] n. elder brother

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[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[anu] n. younger brother

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[arcì] v. roll

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨɉã lopa] n. a stick presented to a child with developemntal delay by her maternal grandparent

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[húì] v. fall

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[kalo] v. look downwards

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[leko] v. cross

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[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[paʎi] v. patch; patch on; stitch up; repair

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sumù] n. sand

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[japǝr] n. mortar

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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

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Dialect: ant. do

[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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