Apatani English

[abúu] n. a cylinderical structure

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Dialect: ant. aro’

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[akã] prep. bottom; beneath

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[akì taxɨ] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì twxè

[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[aŋɨ] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[aíi hiipĩ] n. feline jaw used to decorate a machete sheath

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[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gu] v. crawl (as a baby or a caterpillar)

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[icuce] pron. a small amount; a small number; not many

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[kacǝr] v. see meticulously

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kone] num. one

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[kopɨ] adj. place or lie breadthwise; breadthwise position

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Dialect: ant. koso

[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kɨle] n. river

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨnù-mɨna] adv. worthlessly; uselessly

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨró] v. enlarge; widen

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[no] pron. you; second person singular pronoun

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[nɨɁpu] v. swallow without chewing; gozzle down; gobble down

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[oho búu] v. give birth

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[saɁpu] v. be confident; underestimate; underrate; confident

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Dialect: var. sa’po

[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sãxe page] n. a variety of bead

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

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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