Apatani English

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

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[acĩ] pron. group; crowd

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Dialect: var. atañ

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amã] n. roof

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amu] n. hair

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[artĩ] n. scrotum

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[arũ] v. be possessed (esp. by evil spirits)

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[axɨ] n. guts; entrails; viscera

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[ajò] n. night

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[caaɲaɁ poro] n. outer space

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[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[ʎã] v. bless

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[gaiɁ] v. sing

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[garpɨɁ] n. paddy field in the lower portion

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Dialect: ant. garta’

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[hẽpǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hentvr

[hiicí] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiizi’

[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁrĩ] n. a hoop earring worn by women

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjokũ] n. ritual performed for the well-being of plants

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nene] n. bruise; contusion; black and blue mark

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[patɨ rĩbi] n. a variety of spider

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[pilã-pisã] adj. light yellow

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[soj tarɨ] n. sweater

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[jamu] n. fire

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jaɨ] n. axe

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ɲuɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe out; rub off

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò