Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[amã] n. roof

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[arkó] v. latch; fasten; bolt; lock

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[elì] n. paddy seed; paddy preserved for next season’s sowing

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎaŋa] v. flow in (of water)

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[haaru hẽ] v. mourn; grieve

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

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[hibu] n. beak

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hõ] v. burn (esp. in bulk)

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[huɁpo] n. protective armour of animal skin to cover the body from armpit to the groin

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[korò] n. the morning before the last

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[leju] n. a small path leading to a village

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨpó] v. cut accidentally with some sharp edge

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[narĩ-kari alo] n. Wednesday

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[nekã] n. toilet; latrine

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[poŋe] adj. different

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[põcuɁ] adj. narrow

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[riilaɁ] n. ray (of sun); beam

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[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨcã] n. earth

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[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tartu] v. break

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. siñbo

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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