Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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

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[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[deɁ] v. crack; split; rapture

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[hɨɨnɨ] n. cow

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kɨle] n. river

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[maɁbo] n. son in law (term of reference)

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[nɨji] n. an element of loin loom

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

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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

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[ŋɨi] n. fish

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sala burtaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala borta’

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sɨni] n. sugar

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Dialect: Or. Assamese var. swzi

[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xe] v. read; count

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[álò] v. dry

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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