Apatani English

[abba-ci] n. step-father

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[alo] n. salt

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[amú] n. lie; untruth; falsehood

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[appú] n. flower

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cixɨ-cixo] n. a variety of bird; black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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

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[dùuha] v. sit down

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

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[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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[kɨpaɁ ahì] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’

[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[pano] v. sting

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

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tamjo] n. a variety of tree

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jo] n. meat

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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

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