Apatani English

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[ageɁ] v. stick as with glue

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aɉĩ] n. friend; company; mate

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alì] n. leg

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[alíi] v. bury

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[apuɁ amè] n. dandruff

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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

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[dor] v. become a captive or a prisoner

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gokǝr] n. circle

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[gjopu] n. shooting star

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[haalo] n. August-September; ninth month of lunar year

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hɨsò] n. a variety of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. bihé

[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[ɉiimu] n. giddiness

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[kako jalo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako talo; kvlo talo, kwrv talo

[kakur] v. look back

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kõci] n. dawn

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[kukuʎu hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable (Artemisia indica)

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[kúcì] adj. near

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[laɁso] n. middle finger; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of the outstretched thumb and middle finger

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Dialect: syn. la’ci’ lwpá

[leɁbeɁ] v. flap (wings) with helplessness

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[lobu] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu loci

[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[ma] int. no; exclamation for negative response (esp. to a request or order)

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[muɁ] v. brew (beer)

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨjaɁ] v. interfere; encroach

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pahe] v. pledge a property to the creditor as a security

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[paju] n. glue usually of plant origin

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[pipo] v. cut accidentally with something sharp

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjajo paakaɁ] n. rectangular wooden plate

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[rãtɨ] n. sacred grove

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[sakori] n. job; employment

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[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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

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[sĩbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. simbya

[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[tacì] n. crab

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[taɉu-rijã] n. variety of a plant; Job’s tear

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[ɲoɁ] v. to abstain from doing some things during ritual prohibition

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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