Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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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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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[doŋeɁ] adj. sunny; cloudless

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Dialect: ant. domiñ

[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[gjuɲã] n. ritual performed to appease a malevolent spirit

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Dialect: ant. twgò

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

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hiɁ] v. whip; lash; flog

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kejĩ] adj. good; serene

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[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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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sãbɨ] n. branch, of a tree

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Dialect: syn. sanw aha’

[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sorò] adj. thick (of objects like a thread)

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Dialect: ant. sozó

[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

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

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[taxóo] n. a variety of fern

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[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

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[áade] v. come close; approach

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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