Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aʎóo gõsò] n. mantis

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Dialect: var. afóo koñsò

[ahaɁ] v. hang something

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[amí-abã] n. elders

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[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cortĩ] n. waterfall

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[empjã] n. grain for poultry

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gjambo] n. war; battle; dispute

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Dialect: syn. caambyó

[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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[haaɲa] adj. small; young

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

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[hẽɉu] n. attitude; way of thinking

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hɨkaɁ hamã] n. a variety of edible fern

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ɉaãtu] adj. fat; plump; chubby

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kaco-tanɨɁ] n. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[keɁba] v. put cloth on somebody

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[mjã] v. name

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nãbò] v. help push; assist in pushing something

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[pace] n. the other side

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pee] v. chant producing a characteristic sound “ho ho…”

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[põ] v. soak; marinate

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[putu] n. mountain

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[pjapĩ] n. early maturing variety of rice

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

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjàpu] v. destroy by mistake

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[rapɨɁ] n. a space underneath

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[so] post. at; in

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[tɨrɨ] n. forehead

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[tù] v. flood

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[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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[ũ] v. sip; take a sip

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[ɨtɨ bɨrɨ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, byapu’, wtw rwbw

[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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