Apatani English

[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akó] num. one; single

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[alló] n. bone

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[aì] adj. heavy

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

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjoopǝr] n. a variety of headgear

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨle] n. river

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨbo-lubo] v. participate; assist; support

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[mɨgã] n. feathers of cock, usually of its tail

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

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

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pagi] n. debt; financial obligation; outstanding payment

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[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[ŋarnã] adj. funny; hilarious; amusing; comical

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[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tai hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Amaranthus spp.)

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tù] v. push

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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