Apatani English

[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[akì kíibò] n. male dog

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amiɁ miɁbjo] n. eyelash

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[buŋa] v. crowd; gather; congregate; swarm

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[cãta] n. rice flake (esp. of newly harvested paddy)

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[golu] v. lie

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[gjooɁ] n. noose trap

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[haɁló] n. branch (of tree)

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[koopuɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. kopw’

[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[lembjã-lerã] n. crossroad; an intersection of two or more roads

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[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lɨgoɁ] n. cracked sole; cracked feet

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[mecú] adj. small; small sized; minor

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[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mubuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. bebu’

[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[nelii] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii myokó

[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[pakã] n. goose

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pece] v. wrench something into two parts; pry something into two

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Dialect: syn. petú

[peenɨ] n. ceremonial procession as a part of Murung festival

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pota] n. paper

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[rǝǝ] letter name r the letter representing r in the Apatani alphabet

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

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[saɁhi] v. gulp; drink in a single gulp

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sabè] n. loincloth

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[suɁ] v. ladle; scoop

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[supũ] n. world

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tadoɁ] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’ tasañ

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[une gɨkor] n. scar

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xuu] adj. old

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[japjo] n. winnower

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[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[álù] adj. busy

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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