Apatani English

[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[amĩ] n. shade; shadow

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[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apì-ara] n. clapping

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bɨjo] n. yesterday night

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[corɉĩ] adj. straight

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

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[diiʎã] n. areas of human activity between the forests and the villages

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[ẽtɨ] n. paddy harvest

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[imi] v. sleep

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[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨri] n. business; trade; merchandising; transaction

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[lǝǝ] letter name l the letter representing l in the Apatani alphabet

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[laɁnɨ] n. thumb

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[laɁŋǝr] n. wrist

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lẽda] n. path

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mɨpuɁ] v. cover

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nɨre puʎe] n. gunny bag

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[par] v. make or light fire; ignite fire

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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

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

[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[samã] n. pine needle

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[tapĩ] n. a species of bamboo

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tartu] v. break

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[tiɁho] v. make a mark

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[tusiɁ-tusiɁ] adv. one after the other

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[uunɨ] n. main entrance of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uusvr

[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[jalã] n. stone

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲimɨ ĩgja] n. space between the hearth and the wall on the right side while entering the house

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

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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