Apatani English

[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[bukoʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle syn. fe’be

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Dialect: syn. fe’be

[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hua] v. fall into something

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

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

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

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

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lemba] n. village

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨjù pɨleɁ] n. a priestly ritual object made of a bundle of feathers of peacock, hornbills and cock

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[ni] v. prune

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨdĩ] n. male hair knot

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨʎoɁ] n. river bank; beach

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[sɨtɨ] n. elephant

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

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

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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