Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aĩ] n. gold

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[akì kíinɨ] n. bitch

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[amiɁ miɁtĩ] n. eyelid

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[amo-ahe] n. dust (esp. those sticking on the body after working rice)

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[apũ] prep. among

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[arɨɨ] n. horn (anatomical)

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

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[baɁ] v. carry; transport

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[ice] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. icu

[ipaɁ cuɲi] n. dung beetle

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉiɁ] v. melt; thaw; dissolve

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[ɉáaɉi] n. aeroplane

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[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨneɁ] v. touch; beat

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[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨxaɁ] v. do something wrongly; commit mistake

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[mja] v. lull; console

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[mjamja] n. antique brass plate

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[patuɁ] n. prison; jail

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[perũ] n. bean

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[saha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. swha

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[sɨtiɁ] n. letter

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tooʎoɁ] n. a variety of flowering plant

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Dialect: syn. kwle toofo’

[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jorbɨ] n. uphill

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲatu] n. resting place

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

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