Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[agoo] n. outside

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[aĩ] n. gold

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[appú] n. flower

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

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

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

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

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[dalĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. dwliñ

[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[deɁgo] n. crack

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[dui] n. tobacco

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gɨɨɲó] adj. small (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwrò

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hẽko-hẽpe] adj. confused; perplexed; baffled

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] adj. confusing; perplexing; complicated

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[húu] v. whittle; scrape; shave

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[ɉihiɁ] adj. quiet; silent

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kone] num. one

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lɨma] n. root

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[ŋɨra] n. variety of a migratory fish

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tacì] n. crab

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[xirki] n. window

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jasi] n. water

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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