Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[agáa] adv. quickly; rapidly; swiftly; immediately

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[alo] n. salt

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[apel] n. apple

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Dialect: or. English

[arĩ] adj. brittle; fragile; breakable

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dɨlĩ] n. path made by a hunter; hunting track

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Dialect: var. daliñ

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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[harɨ] v. twist; turn

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[iʎoɁ] n. machete

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[karo] v. spy; peep

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lebu] n. agate bead

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[loorɨɁlo] int. interjection to express hopelessness

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Dialect: syn. amw arwlò

[lugjaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. luxa’

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨrɨɁ] v. assist somebody in doing something

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[niɁ] v. trap (esp. birds with glue)

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pace] n. the other side

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

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

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[puɉĩ] v. stretch; lengthen; elongate; make longer

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Dialect: syn. tw’jiñ

[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨri papù] n. water bubble

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[silaɁ] v. stitch or sew (esp. with sewing machine)

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[subu tuɁteɁ] n. a variety of wild strawberry

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[taɉǝr] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. taxuñ

[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨde] n. stone slab trap

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

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[xetaɁ] n. book

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[jaciɁ] v. close (a sliding door)

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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