Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abù] adj. many; numerous; a lot of; plenty of

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[amu] n. hair

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

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

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[baró] n. brother

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[bi] v. give; offer

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. didu

[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lohè] post. till; until

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mjɨ-oho] n. family; wife and children

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

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pɨta sihɁ] n. puddle or pond where birds gather to drink water

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

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[sɨcã] n. earth

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tooro] n. Rhino beetle

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xoo] v. stir

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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