Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[agoo] n. outside

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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

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[aláa] n. juice, broth

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[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cì] v. bite

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨɁ] v. have adverse or allergic reaction to something ingested

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gijã hamã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ

[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gjoɁ] v. call; hail

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

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haasopa] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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

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[hubju] n. scum; froth

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[icã] n. dysentery; ailment with blood stained stool

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[ĩgjá] v. work for someone else as reciprocal labour

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[ɉooɉo] adj. refreshing; fresh

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kadi] v. stare; gaze; ogle

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kibo] n. male dog

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kone] num. one

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁtaɁ] n. short stick usually used as a weapon for beating or throwing=

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[marbolu] n. marble

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Dialect: or. English

[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[nãbo] v. push something across

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[neɁ] v. rub or scrape

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[ohoo] v. feed

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pĩtú nanɨ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pɨca] adj. foolish, stupid, dumb

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋoja] pron. something else

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[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[suh] n. spring

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[tapã daʎi] n. east

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[tatá] adj. color pattern of mithun bull, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jana] n. a species of bamboo

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jorxã] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxuñ

[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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