Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[alĩ] adj. wild; untamed; fierce; savage

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Dialect: ant. amiñ

[amí-abã] n. elders

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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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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[aì] adj. heavy

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[eɁxɨ] v. kill by shooting

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[gaɁbɨ] v. hold on to something (as someone’s hand, a stick or a knife)

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[gaɁpo] v. hold something at its base

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Dialect: ant. ga’ce

[gomu] n. facial hair; beard; moustache

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[iɁmǝr] v. sleep deeply

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[katú] v. watch from a distance

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[ke] v. write

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kumur] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kurmu

[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mã] v. finish a building; put roof on a building

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[Misã] n. common term for non-Apatani tribes like Nyishis, Tagins, Galos, etc.

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[mɨcì] v. copy; sketch; draw

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[nã] v. push; press

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[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pjuɁnɨ] n. seller

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨɁtú] n. a part of marriage ceremony in which paddy a newly married couple harvest paddy from the bride’s family field

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

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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

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