Apatani English

[adĩ] adv. only; exclusively; solely

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aĩ] n. gold

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[asã] n. north

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[ajo-asiɁ] n. ancestors; progenitors

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[bariɁ] v. get up; stand up syn. guri’

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Dialect: syn. guri’

[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bjaɁ] v. hesitate; waver; vacillate

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[doolã] adj. brownish

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[dũbĩ] adj. bald; hairless

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Dialect: syn. duñxó

[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[eɁxaɁ] v. miss a target by shooting

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Dialect: ant. e’da’

[ektor] n. actor

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Dialect: or. English

[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[galo sudu] n. metallic smoking pipe

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[húì] v. fall

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[ikóo] n. underside; bottom

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[ipoɁ poɁli] n. yeast used for preparation of new batches of yeasts

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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[ɉiimu] v. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. sumu

[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[karbjã] adj. full (of the moon)

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Dialect: syn. harbyañ

[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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

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[koɁ] v. pry; move or open something or to separate something from something else with force

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[kobjã́] n. bracelet; bangle

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[komã] adj. dark (esp. to describe shades of color)

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kɨbjoɁ] v. flash; sparkle

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[miɁti] v. close (the eyes)

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mɨrã-mɨtu] adv. significantly; notably

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

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: syn. lwri pwsa

[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[pacuhe] n. measure worth of a chicken or paddy in a pacu yagw

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[paroɁ] n. chicken; fowl

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[piro] n. swampy land; marshy area

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨdi pɨʎiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[pì] v. divine an omen by examining an egg

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋarka ɉiɉa] adj. smiling; smiling face; happy

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[rubiɁ jarú] n. right ear

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[subu sihɁ] n. pond or puddle where mithuns gather to drink water

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[sɨbi bidɨ] n. a variety of monkey

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[tacã] n. wood-boring insect

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tano-gogo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano gorgo

[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tero] n. chili

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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