Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[alo] n. salt

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[arò daʎi] n. forenoon

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[bù] v. uproot

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cì] v. bite

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[dopu mɨdóo] n. drizzle on a sunny day

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[dula] n. rope to tie dogs

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Dialect: syn. akì dula

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gorxã] n. armpit; underarm

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haaci] n. east

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Dialect: syn. dazi cago

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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

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[ɉiɉĩ tajĩ] n. a kind of dragonfly

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kooʎa] v. limp

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[lulù] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù-lugo

[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mura] n. seat

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[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[nami] n. portion of village, esp. the upper one

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Dialect: ant. nako

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[ni] v. prune

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[pɨcã] n. pot

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

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[rubi] n. deaf

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sãgo] n. life

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[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[teli] n. oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tɨ] v. offer

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xõxũ] n. falcon; eagle

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[xɨɨ] v. tie (esp. hair into a knot)

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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