Apatani English

[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎeɁ ago] n. doorstep

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[bĩpa] n. rope of bamboo skin

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[garɨ] n. vehicle

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hogja] n. leopard

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[hɨbaɁ] adj. next; following

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[kapi] v. eat up; finish eating

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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

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[koogá] v. spread one’s legs

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Dialect: syn. pagá ant. kooju’

[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lemba] n. village

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[miɁca] adj. blind

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[murto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. morto

[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[parbo] v. crawl across

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[saɁpo] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’pu

[saʎiɁ] adj. green

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[sapì] adj. flattened

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarse] n. millet

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tɨɁɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. pujiñ

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[ɲaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. fa’co

[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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