Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[aʎã] num. ten

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[beɁlɨ] n. next door neighbor

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[golu] v. lie

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[hɨrɨ] n. a traditional dance accompanied by ballad of same name, usually performed by the males

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[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. keená

[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[laɁca] n. handicap of the hand; disability of the hand

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[laɁdɨ goɁhe] n. one unit of la’dw, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mjã] v. name

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[poɁdo] v. stumble over or fall down accidentally

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[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[ŋɨmi] pron. me

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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

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Dialect: var. twmiñ

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[álì] v. plant

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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