Apatani English

[alo] n. day

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[asã] n. north

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[aúu] n. son-in-law (term of address)

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[buɁli uune] n. a variety of ulcerative infective wound of the skin; ecthyma

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[cee] adj. small amount; few; scarce; scant; meagre

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨ] v. eat; have a meal; dine

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[gõpiɁ] v. rinse mouth

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[heɁ] v. knit

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

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kamiɉa] adv. last

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[kõdi appú] n. peach flower

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mida] n. a part of marriage ceremony

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nar] v. borrow

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pakù sɨma] n. fine in the form of a middle-sized mithun for stealing or killing a cattle

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[paroɁ jagɨ] n. medium sized basket for measuring quantity of paddy, roughly equivalent to five kilograms

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[peca sanɨ] n. tree of wild pear (Pyrus sp.)

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pjoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[pí] v. bark

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

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[saati] n. pine sap

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

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

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tapũ] n. bat

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[ɨbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. obyo’

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

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[álù] n. task

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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