Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[alaɁ laɁpù] n. fist

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[aŋɨ sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw; aga swco

[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[cimĩ] adj. docile; humble; modest

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[goɁ] v. measure with outstretched thumb and finger

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[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kanu] num. seven

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kootú] v. stand in a stooping posture

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[luuli hamã] n. Nepalese smartweed (Persicaria nepalensis); a variety of vegetable

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[si] dem. this

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[soli] n. a sacrificial share of meat comprising of hind leg

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[some] n. palm civet

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[sulú] n. fence

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tamì] n. weed

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jama] adj. poor

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

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

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[álò] v. dry

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