Apatani English

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

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aɉĩ-apɨ] n. company; friendship

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arũ] adv. near; close by

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[axóo] n. head; leader; principal

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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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

[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bɨɲa-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[cẽxo] n. scab (of a wound); crust

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[ditĩ] n. cliff; ravine

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[dɨmɨ nanɨ] n. side dish

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[ʎe] v. wade through

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[hubur] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lãcã] adj. red

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[leɁ] v. flap (of wing)

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[luɲoɁ] v. practice speaking

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

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[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[mɨɉù] n. ways of doing; custom

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[puhaɁ tarpĩ] n. rice root weevil

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[párxɨ] v. twist; spin; twirl

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[rĩbi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riimi syn. wci riimi

[ru-xa] n. noise; tumult; commotion

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

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

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[se] v. pull

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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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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[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[tãsǝr patã] n. labour gang engaged in miscellaneous works in the agricultural fields

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tuŋĩ] n. stump of a felled tree

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tusù] v. break a relationship

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[xei] n. cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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[ĩka] pron. that

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