Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[adã] n. spear

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[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apó] n. body

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[aróo] adj. poor; destitute

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[balu] n. garden

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[buuʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[cikã] part. like; similar

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dormaa] n. salary; wage

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[dɨbe] v. eat to heart’s content; eat so much one cannot eat any more

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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[ʎiro toko] n. uvula

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[har] v. cut (esp. meat); dismember

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[henɨ-mjanɨ] n. relatives; kindred; kith and kin

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ɉiɉi] adj. blue

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lama] adj. few; some; scant; meager

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Dialect: syn. icu; ice

[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[mome] n. trunk (of elephant)

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[nɨɁjuɁ] v. prick; pierce

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[peŋu] n. a variety of bird; great barbet (Megalaima virens)

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pjatɨ] n. a variety of rice

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[pjoɁ] v. detach (a splinter from a wood

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[rapɨ] v. position breadthwise

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Dialect: ant. rasó

[riilaɁ] n. tendril

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[talo] n. brass plate

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

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[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tõsǝr] v. advise; suggest; counsel; guide

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[ɨro o] n. beer prepared in large scale for occasions like Muruñ ritual

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[xugjuɁ] n. funnel shaped cane or bamboo distiller

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jasi] n. water

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[ɲaanɨ] n. general term for maternal uncles

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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