Apatani English

[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[arná] v. choke

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[aɲì] num. two

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[duɁ] v. throb; beat (as of heart)

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[ʎihe] post. till; until

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

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[keemɨɁ] v. crush by rubbing

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lɨbã] n. knee

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨpja] n. shin

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nesú] n. granary

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[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pisǝr] v. kill by cutting the throat

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pota] n. paper

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[sakori] n. job; employment

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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[taar] n. wire; cable; power line

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tabu] n. snake

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tago] n. a variety of tree

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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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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[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xeli] v. play

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[joʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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