Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[alló] n. bone

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[gokǝr] n. circle

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[patã aɉo] v. hire a labaour gang

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[rõpe] adv. four times

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tarì] n. hail

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

[áamì] n. cat

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[álì] v. plant

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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