Apatani English

[abúr] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. abú;

[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[asɨ] n. line; long narrow mark

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[boɁgo] n. dam, for diverting water to irrigation channel

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[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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

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[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kosiɁ kosiɁ] pron. one after the other

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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

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

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

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[parmɨɁ] v. grind in powder

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[põtã] n. a section of village council

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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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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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[pí] v. bark

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[Tanɨ] n. Apatani tribe; people of Apatani tribe

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ápì] v. dry

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