Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[aaxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. uuxa’ ant. aarañ

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aha ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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[aiɁ] adj. miser; mean

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[alo apĩ] n. lunch

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[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[araɁ] v. tie

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨraɁ] adj. mellow (of taste)

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[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[ceɁsu] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[haaɉaɁ] adv. excessive; exhorbitant; too much

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[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[hadɨ] n. anger

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hilu] n. gum

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉare] num. one thousand

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Dialect: etym. jar + he

[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨɁ] v. shed, as leaves do from the trees

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨɲaɁ] v. smoothen; polish

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[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

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pɨɲú] n. brain

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

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[rubi] n. deaf

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sa] n. rope

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[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sãcí] n. a variety of fruit

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Dialect: syn. dwrañ sañxañ

[sɨ] v. claw; scratch

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[sɨlĩ] adj. wild (of a domestic animal esp. a mithun or a cow)

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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

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[talã] n. a disease with skin eruptions including chickenpox and measles

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[álì] v. plant

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