Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[akó] num. one; single

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

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bábì] n. swing; dangle

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[caɲó] adj. small (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cáarò

[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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

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

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[empɨ] n. paddy husk

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Dialect: syn. pwnañ

[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[gaambɨ] n. border; brim; boundary

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hẽxɨ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw-miliñ

[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ĩ] v. go

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kakur] v. look back

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[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kamo] n. darkness

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

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s 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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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

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

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sãxó] n. smoke-dried meat

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[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tasã] n. ornament

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[ɲapaɁ] v. criticize; disapprove

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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