Apatani English

[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[apaɁ] v. to give up; to let go

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Dialect: syn. opa’

[apũ] prep. among

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[axa-ajá] v. burning sensation

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[axáa] adj. old; aged; elderly

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

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[ciɲuɁ] n. soot; impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of wood

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[darɨɁ] adj. clean; pure; clear

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[duɁca] adv. get excited; fired up

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎóo] v. collect, esp. firewood

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gitĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’

[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[haɉǝr] num. thousand

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[koha] num. nine

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kolò lohe] n. two days back

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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[koojo] n. the night before the last

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[koŋ] num. one

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

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[laɁko] n. button; an element of babo which is a horizontal stick on the body

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨkuɁ] v. make something fall by mistake

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mɨpaɁ] v. remove; spend

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

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

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[poleɁ] n. shiny; glossy; polished

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[puca] v. float (on water)

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Dialect: ant. puha

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rɨlã] adj. euphemism for “heavy” when referred to the weight of a baby

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xirki] n. window

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[japĩ huxo] n. bamboo pin used to puncture the nose

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[jaxo] n. stick

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ju] v. chant an ayú

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ádù] v. get pricked (by a thorn)

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[ámì] n. tail

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