Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[adóo] adj. distant; far; remote

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Dialect: var. wdo

[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[agoo] n. outside

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[agjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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[alíi] v. bury

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[anɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: var. arnw’

[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[ajádù] int. interjection of frustration

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

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

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Dialect: var. buluñ-bwle

[bjuhu] n. grave; tomb

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[cibjɨ] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. byací

[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[dogĩ] n. genesis; origin; creation; migration

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gaɁtú] v. catch; hold

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[ganda] n. country; land

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[iɁce] v. keep a night’s gap

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉeɁmeɁ] adj. flat; deflatted

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[karɨ] adj. transparent; see through; translucent

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Dialect: syn. karw-kasi

[kiruɁ] n. hunting party

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[kortú] n. metal capping at the end of the handle of a ceremonial sword (ci’rì)

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[kɨdi swbi] n. serrow

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[lebe] v. be fed up of eating too much or too frequently of the same item

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[maɁlo] conj. either; or

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[marlã] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. harti

[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mipá sarse] n. an early ripening variety of millet mainly grown in paddy field bundhs

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pjaɁ] v. undo; answer (to a question put as means of ayú)

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[pár] v. screw; twist; turn

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[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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Dialect: syn. xaq

[sãti] v. push something tightly as when packing

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[taɁmĩ] n. Indian barberry (Mahonia aquifolium)

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[tace] v. divide; distribute

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tii] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. to

[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[tɨɁ] v. pound, strike

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[tɨxɨɁ] adj. curly

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

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xɨŋɨ-xaŋa] adj. muddle

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[ɲaapaɁ] v. insult; slander; discredit

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[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[ámì] n. tail

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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