Apatani English

[arcì] v. roll

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[asoo] n. party; group; gang; supporter

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[bjodĩ] n. an element of ritual altar

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[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[ʎǝǝ] letter name f ʎʌʌ the letter representing ʎ in the Apatani alphabet

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[imi nɨɁteɁ] v. catnap; doze

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lobú-lomè] n. components of a loom

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨmur] v. do something wrongly

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[pakú] adj. bent; twisted; crooked

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[se] v. pull

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨre tɨxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. swre taxe

[sɨro] n. this morning

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[ɨrɨ] v. fumigate rodents in their holes with smoke

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xapaɁ] v. scrape something off

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xú] v. measure

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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