Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[ataɁ] n. stinger (on a bee)

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Dialect: var. wta’

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨroɁ] n. medicine; drug

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎãca] v. flow up (of water); overflow

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[hǝǝ] letter name h the letter representing h in the Apatani alphabet

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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

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Dialect: syn. ho’yo-ho’ci

[hoɉalo] conj. but; even then

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[hubo-hulo] adj. almost; roughly equal

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[ipaɁ] n. excreta

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[ke] v. write

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

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Dialect: syn. ko’bw

[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[kupjuɁ kusǝr] v. rinse, esp. a container like a pot

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[moru] n. cheek

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[ni] v. prune

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[opis] n. office

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Dialect: or. English

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[sɨgo] n. bridge

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨ] v. offer

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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