Apatani English

[aci-aʎá] adj. precarious; critical

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[akɨ] int. interjection to express pain

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[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[apó] n. body

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[arnɨɁ] v. swallow; gulp down; ingest

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Dialect: syn. anw’

[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[aɨɁ] v. forget

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[ajò] n. night

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bade] n. ceiling rack for storing meat syn. yo bade; xaci

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Dialect: syn. yo bade; xaci

[bagã riɲo] n. a variety of flower; primrose flower (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bortaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra var. burta’; sala burta

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Dialect: var. burta’; sala burta

[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjõ] v. extinguish (of a major fire); stop a fight

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[cǝǝ] letter name c tʃʌʌ the letter representing tʃ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[dacã pɨloo] n. metallic crowbar

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨdɨɁ] adj. poisonous

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[dɨli-dɨlo] adj. grandeur (of scenery); beautiful (of landscape)

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[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haaso haaso] adj. slow; sluggish

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hɨɉã apĩ] n. food contributed when a newborn baby is born

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[hɨɉã lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket used as the container of food contributed during birth of a newborn by the mother’s mother

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉoca] v. lift or carry up ant. jolo

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[kooʎoɁ] adj. not rounded; uneven

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Dialect: ant. koofañ

[kɨrã] adj. hardworking; often

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[lohe] n. one day

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[lu] v. speak; talk; converse; articulate

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[lɨji] n. footprint, esp. of animals

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[me] v. search; look for; seek; check

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[mirɨɁ jalã] n. grinding stone for millet

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[paduɁ] v. damage by cutting

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[puʎiɁ] v. peel off; strip off

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[pɨcã] n. pot

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[ŋoɁrò] adj. big (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’zó

[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[raɉi] n. plastic

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[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

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

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[tacì] n. crab

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[tarù] n. rope

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[xú] v. measure

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[jaɁhi] v. collapse; cave in; crumple

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[jalã] n. stone

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[áɉùu] n. appearance; image

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[ákó-ákó] pron. one by one; one after the other

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