Apatani English

[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[akì] n. dog

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[araɁ] v. tie

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[aɲì] num. two

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[birã] n. stump (esp. of bamboo)

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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

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Dialect: syn. dituñ

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kagɨ] v. learn (by seeing)

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

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[laakur] v. take back

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[mɨxó] v. do something leading to bankruptcy

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[pasù] n. needle

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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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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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pìi] v. dry

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[riɲo] n. rings of bamboo splits

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takǝr] n. star

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tero] n. chili

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[tɨɁɉaɁ-tɨɁjaɁ] v. tear apart; rip

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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