Apatani English

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[anoo] adv. very; extremely; awfully

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[appú] n. flower

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[ajò] n. night

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨpɨɁ tabú] n. a variety of poisonous snake (Pareas monticola)

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lemba] n. village

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mõpaɁ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[narikol] n. coconut

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨgja] n. great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pjaɁmĩ] adj. orange color

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨrɨ tatɨɁ] n. toad

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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