Apatani English

[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[alaɁ] n. hand

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[apũ] prep. among

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axɨ ácì] n. stomach pain

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[buutɨ] n. community; society

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[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[bjo] v. swim

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[bù] v. uproot

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[cãtũ] n. primordian protective deity of the Apatanis

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dùumo] v. take rest

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[haatĩ] adj. significant; important; notable; remarkable

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[heló] v. let down; be disappointed

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[ɉarkĩ] n. jerakin; a container

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɉirɨ] v. spin; rotate

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[koŋ] num. one

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[luhu-luha] v. provoke; tease

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[mãpo] n. roof covering

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[muku] n. tobacco

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Dialect: syn. dui

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨpiɁ] v. break something fragile like an egg

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[mɨjã] n. a variety of plant used as tinder

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[nǝǝ] letter name n the letter representing n in the Apatani alphabet

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[nesú] n. granary

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[ni] v. prune

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

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[paroɁ pabjaɁ] n. young chicken

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Dialect: var. paro’ pwbya

[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[perũ] n. bean

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[poi] n. residual fermented millet after preparation of beer

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[pǝrǝ] n. large cane mat used for temporary storage of paddy during harvesting

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[pɨlo aɉã] n. new moon

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

[sarli] n. millet seed preserved for the next season

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[sarɨ] n. knot (of tree); nodule; node

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[sãca] v. grow up

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[siɁ] v. urinate

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[taxeɁ] n. a variety of cane

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[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tɨɨ] v. throw; toss; fling

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨtaɁ] n. stinger (of bee or wasp)

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Dialect: syn. ata’

[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲaɁɲĩ] n. fermented rice

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[ɲoho] v. feed a baby after chewing the food

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[ácì] n. pain; suffering

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[ámì] n. tail

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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