Apatani English

[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[ací-baró] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-búrù

[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[alo] n. salt

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[amjaɁ] n. penis

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[auɁ] n. traditional red cane belt

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[bɨso-kaco] n. forbidden; proscribed; prohibited

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[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bù] v. uproot

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[dorɨ] n. winter

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[goi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. gyoi tabú

[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gjaɁ] v. wander; roam

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[ha] v. come; arrive; enter

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Dialect: syn. áa

[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[heɁtaɁ] n. wooden agricultural implement (esp. used during construction of bundhs)

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

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[lemba] n. village

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luutɨ] n. grazing ground; pasture; meadow

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[miŋo] adj. rich; wealthy; affluent

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Dialect: ant. aró

[miju-mima] n. human beings

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[o barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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Dialect: syn. bardè

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

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pixɨ] n. spindle used for spinning thread from cotton

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Dialect: var. pixu syn. tapo

[poɁna] n. fermented rice or millet eaten as such

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

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

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[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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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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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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[sado] n. boyfriend; male lover

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Dialect: syn. miya

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[se] v. pull

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[tagì] n. sickle

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[tala] n. lock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[taɲiɁ marpu] n. corn silk

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[toɁpjo] v. descend first

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[jalo] n. shadow; reflection; echo

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ɲor] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zar

[áaɉó] n. benefit of coming; wage or fare for coming

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[álù] adj. busy

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