Apatani English

[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[agĩ] v. trouble; irk; niggle

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[atú-kahè] n. size

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[ditǝr] n. lumps of soil (esp. in paddy fields)

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

[embĩ xãcu] n. cane or bamboo basket used as rice container

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[harù] n. lung

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[koʎã] adj. round

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[lẽda] n. path

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨbjũ] v. help; contribute

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨxɨɁ] v. sprain

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[narbi] v. borrow for somebody

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[palo-malo] n. world

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[pamu] n. raptor, eagle or hawk

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rwko syn. samiñ rako

[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[saɁka-saɁka] v. hesitate; be uncertain; be of two minds

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[taxɨ tabu] n. bed bug

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[tú] v. kick

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[ɨdo] n. stalk

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Dialect: var. ado

[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jadĩ] n. storage basket of bamboo or cane

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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