Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[ahì] n. fruit

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[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[buɁ] v. burst; explode

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

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[bɨɉǝr] n. market; bazaar

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[goobɨ-cibɨ] v. preserve; protect; safeguard

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[ho] n. and

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨle toʎoɁ] n. sweet flag; a variety of flowering plants that grow along river banks and marshy places (Acorus calamus)

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨguɁ] n. incubating hen

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[malo-kalo] adv. please; pray

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[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[miju] n. human beings

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Dialect: syn. neha

[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nẽru] adj. foul smelling

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Dialect: ant. neñpyo

[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨdĩ xotu] n. metal skewer for hair knot

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[ríi] n. drool

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[sa] n. rope

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[sãtũ] n. generation

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[sár] v. rip; tear

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[takuɁ] n. cucumber

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

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

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tarpi] n. variety of cane

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tisǝr] adj. sweet

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[ude] n. house

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[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[álù] adj. busy

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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