Apatani English

[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[apáa] adj. young; immature

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[aɲĩ] n. breast; milk

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁɉi] n. injection

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[daaraɁ] adj. stiff (as of a cliff)

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dɨleɁ] n. remaining food after consumption

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[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[ʎaɁgeɁ] v. catch (fire)

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hẽxɨ-milĩ] adj. scarce; meager; in short supply

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Dialect: syn. heñxw

[hipja] n. front teeth; incisor

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[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉomɨɁ] n. cloud

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[laɁdɨ] n. forefinger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and forefinger

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[laako] n. a crossed stick in front of the entrance to signify the performance of a ritual in the household

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[laaxeɁ] v. keep something upside down

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[lẽ] v. build ladder on a tree to climb it

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[miɁɉu] n. eye discharge

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pace] n. the other side

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[page] v. write; mark

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Dialect: syn. gè

[pamã] n. bamboo rack in front wall of the house

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[pombo rɨko] n. millipede

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨɁpja] v. scatter by sweeping

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[ŋoo] v. get lost; get missing; go astray

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[ríi] n. drool

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[sadi] n. plantation (esp. of pine); pine estate

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; salw

[sampju] n. a variety of blue colored beads

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[soh] v. play; joke; flirt

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[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sorɉĩ] v. stretch straight; straighten out

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨxɨ] n. gravel

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Dialect: syn. diixw

[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[taruɁ] n. ant

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tõrò] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. tozó

[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[ude] n. house

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altar for the xaruñ god

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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

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[ɲaɁɲoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’za’

[ɲagó] n. snout

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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