Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alo lɨpá] n. noon

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[alo sudu] n. small bamboo salt container carried for feeding mithuns

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[amu] n. hair

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bi] v. give; offer

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[caãcú] n. cooking tripod

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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

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[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

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

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[hĩ] v. pinch

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[hoɁgjo-hoɁʎo] n. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎa] v. limp

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[leɁ] v. lop off

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pɨlo huuto] n. moonlight

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[pɨlo kobjã] n. a variety of bangle

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[pɨlo tatu] n. half moon

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[sa] n. rope

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[saã] v. grow; live

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[santú paju] n. a variety of resin used as glue obtained from a jungle berry

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[semo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. sembo

[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tiɁ] v. rub; scratch

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[tõ] v. display

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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