Apatani English

[abǝr] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì] n. dog

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[ane] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ama

[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[aroɁ paco] int. expression of happiness; thank you

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[atobo] n. father-in-law (term of reference)

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨdã] n. precipice; cliff

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

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[dɨdɨɁ tahĩ] n. poisonous mushroom

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heŋaɁ] v. be worried about something

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[hẽɉũ] n. comfort; ease; luxury; opulence

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[koɁkɨ] prep. from

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[leŋò aɉi] n. rice field near the village

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Dialect: ant. jabyò aji

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨdu-mɨje] n. strands of hair extending down the forehead, as often kept by young women

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[mɨlĩ] v. generate

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[rɨgã] n. edge; border; boundary

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tapaɁ] v. ignore (listening)

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Dialect: syn. tago’

[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tarì] n. hail

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tero] n. chili

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tooŋo puʎe] n. woolen cloth

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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