Apatani English

[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aɉu] int. yes; okay

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amu] n. hair

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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

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[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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

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

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dùumo] v. take rest

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hu] pron. who

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[humi] pron. whom

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[kar] v. emerge (of the moon)

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[kaxè] v. look in anger

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kolò] n. the day before yesterday

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[kormo] n. seed

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

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

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[par] v. crawl under something; creep; wriggle

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[rilo] v. throw something downwards

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Dialect: ant. rica

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[urú] n. family

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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

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