Apatani English

[acũ] v. hide; conceal; camouflage; cove up

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alo] n. day

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[daɲi] n. sun

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

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

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[gɨmja] n. a variety of spring action trap

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hua] v. fall into something

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

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

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[iʎĩ linɨ̃] n. rectal prolapse

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[luxɨ̃-lumɨ̃] v. speak in a confused way; speak nervously

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[milo] n. male

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Dialect: ant. bwnw

[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨsiɁ] v. take one’s turn in doing something

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pɨteɁ paɉi] n. motor cycle

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[pɨju] n. news

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Dialect: var. puyu

[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sitã] pron. like this; this way

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[soxã] n. trophy; memento (esp. of special achievements)

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[sɨbjó] n. flying squirrel

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Dialect: syn. swcí

[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨki] n. a variety of wild cat

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[tabu somĩ] n. a variety of legless lizard

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tare] n. thorn

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Dialect: var. twre

[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[ɨŋa gɨ] v. be pregnant

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[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

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

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[álò] v. dry

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