Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aʎoo] n. tongue

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[amaɁ] v. feed (esp. the hired laborers)

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[amiɁ aɉã] n. one who cries easily

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[cuuɲi] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. yasi anw

[dapo] n. penalty; prohibition; sanction

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[dãteɁ] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañlò

[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[dùuko] n. place of residence; sitting place

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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

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[hɨɨ] pron. that

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[híi] v. chant; intone; incant

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[kaʎa] v. wait; watch

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kaŋu] v. differentiate; distinguish; tell apart

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[loci] n. hook; peg

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[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[mɨdǝr] v. rectify; do something correctly

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[oha] int. interjection to express surprise

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[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨge] n. barbet

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pɨlo alo] n. Monday

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[pjapúu] n. early maturing variety of rice

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[raɁtĩ] v. fasten (as of a door)

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[rɨpu] n. silver

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Dialect: var. rupu

[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[taki] n. ginger

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tapa] v. hear; get news or information

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

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

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tãxuɁ] n. leftover drinks

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaŋa] v. put one’s head in

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ágè] v. drain out (water from a field)

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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