Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[agoo] n. outside

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[balu] n. garden

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[baró] n. brother

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ceeda] part. almost; close to

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haadɨ] v. get angry; annoyed; enraged

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[huã alló] n. backbone

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Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[lalĩ] n. footprint

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[po] v. weave

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[pota] n. paper

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sõ] v. move sideways

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xuu] adj. old

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jamu] n. fire

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[álù] adj. busy

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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