Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[abjũ] v. give a finishing touch by filling up soil (of a hole in the soil) or by binding

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amu pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. po’tuñ pèeruñ

[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[baró] n. brother

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[bɨlũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. buluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨru] adj. tasteless; unpleasant to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwpyò

[ʎĩtũ] a variety of wild raspberry

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[gaɉor] n. carrot

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haaja] adj. hungry; famished; starving

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[heɁteɁ] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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

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

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[ɉabjò aɉi] n. fields located far away from the villages

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

[kakĩ-tajĩ] v. show off; put on airs

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kormo] n. seed

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[kɨmè] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmì

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[la] conj. and

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[loɲì] n. two days

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[maɲã] n. traditional friend from other tribe

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[orbjoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: var. obyo’ syn. ba’so, wbyo’

[pa] v. cut (by striking); fight; peck

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[pu] v. bind

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[rahe] adv. serious; solemn; earnest; profound

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[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[santú] n. tree

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[tariɁ burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tooko] n. prop; support; post

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[tuʎa] v. ambush; lie in wait for; lay trap for

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[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[jarú] n. ear

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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