Apatani English

[adã] n. spear

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[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adv. alone

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[busuɁ] v. get loose; loosen; slacken

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dĩxo] adj. bald-headed; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[domĩ] adj. cloudy; rainy

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Dialect: ant. doqe’

[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎeɁpo] v. join a thread by rollin on the palms

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[ʎoo] v. tease out the outer layer of a bamboo as a rope

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[ʎòohá] v. jump in

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[heɁ] v. knit

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[hentǝr] adv. very; exeedingly; exceptionally; immensely

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Dialect: syn. hempvr

[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[li lilã] n. cicada (Cicadidae)

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[luʎiɁ-lume] n. recalcitrant; defiant; wayward

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[lupaɁ] v. criticize; denounce; condemn; speak ill of someone

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nar] v. borrow

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[nãca] v. push something up

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[patɨ] n. tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pooɲó] adj. small (of cylinderical objects)

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Dialect: ant. pooro

[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

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

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[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjapjũ] adv. together; in collaboration; in cooperation; jointly

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rohĩhe] adv. thrice; three times

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[rɨhĩ] n. a variety of tree

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[saɁlĩ] v. breathe out; exhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’lw’

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[sãtaɁ ude] n. wooden house

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[tapeɁ] n. leech

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Dialect: var. twpe’

[tudɨ] adj. short

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[jo bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[áamì] n. cat

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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