Apatani English

[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[alo] n. day

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arã] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asã] n. north

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[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

[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[gɨxuɁ] n. worn out dress

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[huɲi] n. pestle

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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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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ɉeɁbiɁ] n. mud; swampy area

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[lebu] n. agate bead

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjodu] n. time; season; period

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Dialect: syn. myodu-myolo

[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁsi] v. join two ropes together to increase the length

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jali] n. fox

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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