Apatani English

[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[axóo] n. stalk; stem

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[baɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. barzó

[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bjuu] v. suck

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[ceɁ] v. press or squeeze; sandwich; compress

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[dekĩ] n. clay

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dɨgoo] n. food; eatable

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[ee] letter name e the letter representing e in the Apatani alphabet

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

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Dialect: var. imo

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

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[ʎanɨ] n. one who blesses; God

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[ʎi] v. become

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[hárgɨ] v. run away; escape; flee

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Dialect: syn. hágw

[imi] v. sleep

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[ɉimi-ɉaama] adj. hazy; smoggy

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[karpaɁ pɨlò] n. second lunar month of the year; February

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Dialect: syn. pagvr pwlò

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

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

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[laapĩ] v. close with a lid

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Dialect: ant. laako’

[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[laxɨɁ] adj. cold

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Dialect: ant. gubu’

[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[loci] n. hook; peg

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[lɨrĩ] n. kneelet comprising of string of beads, esp. worn by priests

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[mikĩ] n. title used for dead males

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Dialect: ant. misi

[misì] adj. old woman

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlãɉa] pron. all; everybody

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paroɁ roɁnɨ] n. hen

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨʎi] num. four

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[pɨló] n. lever

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sa] n. rope

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sapi] n. a variety of tree

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[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sukũ pɨtĩ] n. open space by a well

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[taciɁ] n. wood-boring insect attacking bamboo or softwood

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[takũ jaarǝ] n. cricket (Acheta domesticus)

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ura] n. inside (as of a house)

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Dialect: ant. agoo

[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[álù] v. to work

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[úì] n. spirit; god; devil

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