Apatani English

[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[agoo] n. outside

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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

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Dialect: syn. bwzi’-bwza

[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[dõ] v. stitch; seam

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[ẽxo] n. rice stalk; portion of a stalk

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[ɉãda] n. flag

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉilã] n. a kind of traditional shawl (esp.used by the priests)

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[katu] v. kick (as a cow does)

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[ko] prep. in; at

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[kooʎĩ] n. the evening before the last

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨri harnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[kóò] n. son

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[laɁciɁ haɲa] n. small finger

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[male] n. luggage; load; baggage

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mɨbo] v. help (in doing some work); assist; support

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨmiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. ami’

[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[pacá] v. levy fine

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paleɁ] n. excess; extra; surplus; remainder

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽbe] n. snow

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Dialect: var. piñbe

[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pipaɁ] v. swat something away

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pɨta] n. bird

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[pɨɲe] n. chisel

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[rɨbɨ] n. railing

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[rɨxɨ alo] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxwda

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sɨttĩ] n. warrior’s shield (esp. of buffalo skin)

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ɨtɨ rɨbɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw bwrw

[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[xɨɨnɨ̃] adj. cooked

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[úì bée] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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