Apatani English

[abĩ] adj. fruitful; productive

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Dialect: ant. asu’

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[aʎí] n. bow

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[alã] n. neck;hump of an ox; neck of a bottle or a pot

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[alóo] n. bamboo flooring support

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[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bejũ] n. tomato; potato

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Dialect: var. byayuñ

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[díĩ] v. curse

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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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

[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩgo-mɨgo] n. task; job; chore; assignment

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[nɨ] pron. what

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

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[paʎò] n. patch; piece

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[pala] n. scale; weighing machine

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨgũ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwgo’

[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[sumù] n. sand

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tahĩ] n. mushroom

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ákótá] pron. one more

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