Apatani English

[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[ahi] n. tooth

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[ahu ará] adj. naked; nude; undressed

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[akì tɨxè] n. flea

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Dialect: var. akì taxw

[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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

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Dialect: syn. atiñ

[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[buʎã] n. traditional village council of the Apatanis

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[dacã] n. iron; metal

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[doɲaɁ] n. sunny day; cloudless day

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[dulu káanɨ] n. a person who looks after somebody else’s cattle

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gagǝr] adv. by any means; by hook or by crook

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gjotu aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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

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[hẽco] v. tickle

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hẽpjoɁ] v. guilt ridden; feel guilty; conscience stricken

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[hẽtĩ] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hɨɉã] n. new born

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[iŋĩ] n. purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kohaɁ] n. cricket

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[mopla] n. muffler

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Dialect: or. English

[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨ] v. do

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨgó] n. hearth; fireplace

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[ni] v. prune

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[no hopa] pron. for where

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[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paroɁ pɨha] n. basket of bamboo splits where chicks hatch

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pu] v. bind

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[pur] v. pluck (fruits); remove

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨbó arò] n. the morning after three days

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tãxɨ̃] v. get drunk

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[ɨ̃co] int. expression of agreement

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[japa] n. young man

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[jarì] n. traditional loincloth worn by males

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲade] adv. rude; impolite; harsh

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

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Dialect: ant. do

[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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