Apatani English

[adã] n. spear

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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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 ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bátè] adj. thick (of mud or liquid)

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hoɁjo-hoɁci] v. mixed up; mingle; intermingle; amalgamate

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Dialect: syn. ho’gyo-ho’fo

[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’

[kɨmǝr] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kenná

[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[la] conj. and

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lupá-luma] v. speak without a purpose; speak carelessly

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[nar pɨcã] n. earthen pot from the water of which a newborn is bathed for the first time

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[neɁ] v. gnaw, as a rodent; nibble

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[po] v. weave

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[álù] n. task

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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