Apatani English

[abú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated

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Dialect: var. arbú,

[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[anu] n. younger brother

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[appú] n. flower

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[apó] n. body

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[ará] adj. empty; vacant; void

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[asó] n. length

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

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

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨro] n. yesterday morning

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dɨbũ] n. greedy; gluttonous

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. hoñki’

[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kalaɁ-kapa] adj. acquainted with

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kapanɨ] n. witness

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kojũ] adv. thrusting movement of hips

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[kǝrǝ talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. karo talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨɉi] n. indigo (colour)

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[subu sa] n. cane rope for mithuns

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

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tapǝr] adv. terrible (to hear)

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[tapjo] n. herbal salt

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[xã] v. narrate; gossip

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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