Apatani English

[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[akì kíicú] n. puppy

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[amĩ-ahĩ] n. gift; present

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[axɨ̃-amɨ] adv. confused; disconcerted; befuddled; dumbfounded

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

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Dialect: syn. neha appú

[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[balu] n. garden

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[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨdí baɁlo] n. conspiracy

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[bɨɨ] v. give birth to

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[cuuki] v. stoop

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Dialect: syn. cuukw

[darɨɁpa] adv. cleanly; purely; clearly

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[deɁgo] n. crack

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[heʎu] v. forget

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Dialect: syn. aháa ahw’

[huɁbĩ] n. sweat

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[huxo] n. handle (esp. of agricultural implements like spade or axe)

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉĩko ɉĩko] adj. lanky; tall and thin

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[kapeɁ] v. see through

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[kenda] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

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Dialect: var. keená

[kolĩ] v. throw out (from the mouth)

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[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kǝ] int. interjection to draw attention

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[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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

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[mipja] n. an early ripening variety of rice

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[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨmĩ] v. win

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[mɨniɁ] v. Injure a bit while doing something

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nɨtepa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmopa syn. nwmpa

[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[paga] v. spread the legs apart

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[papù] n. egg

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[paroɁ pamí] n. fowl flee

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[piiʎa úì] n. God of Luck

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[pĩbè] n. snow

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Dialect: var. peñbè

[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨmǝr] n. dust

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rɨbó alo] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbóda

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sudu] n. bamboo container

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[suh] n. spring

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tamaɁ] n. a variety of tree

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[tarkiɁ] v. bend

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Dialect: ant. tarjiñ

[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[utɨ] n. camel

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xe] v. force something

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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