Apatani English

[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bjo] v. swim

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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

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[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[diigò] n. matter; issue; work

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[ditũ-potũ] n. ceremony; social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dɨhi-dɨmí] adj. choosy about food

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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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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[ɉihĩ] n. rag; scrap of cloth; dirty linen

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koɁbu] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨɨ] v. lie down

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[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[nɨmpa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwtepa

[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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

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[pjaɁse] v. wash by splashing water

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[soɲó] adj. thin (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sorò

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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