Apatani English

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[akì tadǝr] n. tape worm

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ba] v. vomit; puke; retch

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[barmɨ] n. sister

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[buu] v. hold; keep; own var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[buuɲó] adj. small cylinderical object

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Dialect: ant. buurò

[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[dǝǝ] letter name d the letter representing d in the Apatani alphabet

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[dali] n. dried pulse usually prepared as gravy and taken with rice

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hú] v. pound; pummel

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉuɉu] n. winnowing

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[kahɨ-kaxeɁ] v. look around; be watchful

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[kamo] adj. dark

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[karpjaɁ] v. unroll

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kut tarɨ] n. coat

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Dialect: or. English

[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[meɁtaɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. mata’

[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pace] n. the other side

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[pagǝr pɨlo] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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[paxuɁ itú] n. a dance usually performed before harvest

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[pebeɁ] v. release something (esp. which was under tension)

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[pilã kamo] adj. dark yellow

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[pobaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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Dialect: syn. pòoba’-pòola

[purdo] v. pluck (fruits) for oneself

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[pũdeɁ] v. bulge; swell

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pɨɉo] post. a moment ago

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[pɨjo] n. Rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nepalensis)

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

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[pjarpjaɁ] v. unfold

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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

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Dialect: var. roñ

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

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[rũku-ruʎa] n. half mad; maniacal

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[rɨko] n. tortoise

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Dialect: var. rako syn. samiñ rwko

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[seh] n. flat cane string for carrying load

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[taleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. twle’

[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tusǝr] v. straighten one’s leg

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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