Apatani English

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

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[adĩ dĩpúu] n. white or grey hair

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[daɲi caca] n. a small variety of cicada

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽbjo] v. crave; desire; yearn; pine for

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koʎũ] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ kolo

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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

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[miɉí] n. orphan

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Dialect: syn. mijí atúu

[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[more] n. forest

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[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mjamja pɨro] n. plated bamboo basket for storing the myamya brass plate

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nikũ dapo] n. customary law

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[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[pacu] n. chick

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[poɁtũla] adv. squatting

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[ruci jarú] n. left ear

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[tabjo] n. a species of bamboo (Chimonobambusa callosa)

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tasi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tarsi

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[japũ] n. sky

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[jasi] n. water

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[ɲẽ] v. chew; masticate

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[ámì] n. tail

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