Apatani English

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

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[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[alló] n. bone

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[botoli] n. bottle

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Dialect: or. English

[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[ko] prep. in; at

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

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[miʎĩ] n. tip (of a plant or a tree)

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[pe] v. switch; lever

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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

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[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tariɁ] n. fern

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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