Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[apũ] prep. among

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjuxɨ̃] n. cemetery; burial ground; graveyard

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[cahiɁ] n. miser

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ẽtɨ pɨlò] n. tenth lunar month; October

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gõdu apĩ] n. feast after settlement of a dispute

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[gjalĩ] v. seep; exude; ooze

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[iŋɨ-ĩxeɁ] v. move around

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[ɉáa] v. soar or fly without flapping the wings (as a hawk)

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kasɨ-kape] v. ignore; pay attention to

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[koha] num. nine

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[lẽda] n. path

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

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

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨbju] v. contaminate (esp. liquids)

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨxɨ] v. kill

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paroɁ patǝr] n. cage for chicken

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨʎiɁ] n. hut in the paddy fields or jungle

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[pɨɉoda] adv. later on; after sometime

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[suh] n. spring

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tasã] n. ornament

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[tɨpjaɁ] n. a necklace with a few beads on a black thread used as a talisman

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[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[uuko] n. hole

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xuu] adj. old

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲãkũ] n. one year (term of enumeration)

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[ámè] v. mate

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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