Apatani English

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[hilu] n. gum

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉirɨ-ɉixe] v. rotate to and fro

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kormo] n. seed

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laŋu] n. neck

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨma] n. root

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɉuɁ] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’ mija

[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rubi] n. deaf

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[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rupĩ] n. earring

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

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[tamì] n. weed

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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