Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[adĩ ceɁnɨ] n. barber

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agoo] n. outside

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[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[caa] v. step on

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

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

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dĩtaɁ] n. scalp; top portion of head

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[haaʎĩ patã] n. labor gang engaged in transplanting of paddy

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãtaɁ] n. wooden plank

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[sulú] n. fence

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[surù] n. coarse sand

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[ámè] v. mate

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

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