Apatani English

[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[arná] v. choke

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

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[caa] v. step on

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[dapo pogjã] n. an altar erected during a community penalty or to announce such a penalty

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

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨɨrò] adj. big (of a basket)

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Dialect: ant. gwwzó

[gjapja-gjasa] v. spread by throwing

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hime] n. child; youngster

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hokoda] n. in that case; that being so; then

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[kagjaɁ] v. see wrongly

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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

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[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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[lunù-luna] v. speak in vain

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[lɨbe-laɁbe] adj. lazy; lethargic

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[née] v. wrestle

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pɨrɨ́] n. stinging nettle

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[suɁbi] v. ladle water for somebody

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[talo] n. brass plate

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tù] v. push

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[tú] v. kick

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[une] n. wound

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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