Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[aháa] n. heart

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[akó] num. one; single

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[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[argò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon var. arrò

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[bareɁ] v. snap or break, as a thread

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[daapo] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dibur] n. mole cricket (Gryllotalpidae)

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[ẽtɨ pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of harvested paddy in the field

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[ʎo] v. jump

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨɉu-gɨmjo] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju

[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[ɉar] num. thousand

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

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

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

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

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[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[luxaɁ] v. speak wrongly

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Dialect: syn. lugya’

[lɨgǝr] adj. bent; crooked; not straight

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mɨci] n. kite (bird)

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[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nẽxa] adj. stale

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[ohoo] v. feed

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[paa] v. find (esp. by chance or luck); stumble on; chance on

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[paroɁ lɨgo] n. time in the early morning when the cocks crow

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

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

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[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[supù] n. blacksmithy

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tapã-kara alo] n. Tuesday

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[toɲó] adj. small (of group)

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Dialect: ant. toñrò

[tuleɁ] adj. slippery

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Dialect: syn. bwle’

[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jacu] n. small bamboo container for salt or tobacco

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[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲã] v. move with the head leading

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[álù] adj. busy

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[ápì] v. dry

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[ápù] n. sphere; globe

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[óòpa] v. find something by hoeing

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