Apatani English

[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arná] v. choke

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

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

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[ʎi] v. become

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[huɁsi-rasi] adj. hot and humid

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[koopja] n. lower back

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kusuɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. lwsi’

[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[laapjó] v. steal (by taking with hands)

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[mah] int. no; exclamation for negative response to a question

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

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

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pɨtaɁ ahì] n. wild pear

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[ríi] n. drool

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water, here dry

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tamĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[áʎò] n. skin; covering

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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