Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[aɉĩ] v. befriend

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amu] n. hair

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[apa-ama] adj. simple; artless; guileless; innocent

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[artù] n. gizzard (of a bird)

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎiiʎiɁ] adj. horrifying

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Dialect: syn. aha fiifi’

[ʎohe] n. one type; one variety

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gõpĩ] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpyañ

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[haɁ] v. bite off

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[haabjã] n. chest

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[háa] v. smoke dry

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kamó] n. bribe; kickback; inducement

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[ke] v. write

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[meɁsiɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’ me’me; tusi’

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨmi] pron. you (accusative); second person singular accusative pronoun

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pakiɁ] adj. bent; curved

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jasi] n. water

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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