Apatani English

[aare] adv. quick; fast; swift

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

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[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bi] v. give; offer

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bɨdã daaraɁ] n. stiff cliff

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[báxè] adj. brusque; impolite; rude; ill-mannered

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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

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

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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

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[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kapanɨ he] adv. everything

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Dialect: syn. amánw he

[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[keɁsí] n. scissor

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁbiɁ] n. dextral; right (side)

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Dialect: ant. la’ci

[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lɨɁsu] v. interchange; exchange

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[meɁ] v. join; link; couple

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mjɨ káanɨ] n. diviner

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nɨ da] pron. when (future tense)

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[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[poobɨ] n. disturbance due to certain practice or unfortunate incident

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pjaɲó] adj. small, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyarò

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[ríi] n. drool

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

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

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[sɨcã] n. earth

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[taxó] adj. bald

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[teɁʎa] adj. slanted

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[tero] n. chili

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[álò] v. dry

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