Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abjá] n. ladder; stepladder

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Dialect: var. abrv

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[agoo empũ] n. space between the entrance and the hearth of a traditional Apatani house

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[akì] n. dog

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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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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[arrò] n. vein, artery, nerve, tendon

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Dialect: var. argò

[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[ate] n. elder brother (term of address)

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[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[biilo] adj. long ago; bygone; erstwhile

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[buukò] n. a variety of large jungle rat

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[bɨʎeɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwya’ ant. alvr

[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bɨjaɁ] adj. soft; spongy; pliable

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Dialect: syn. bwfe’ ant. alvr

[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[bjar] v. flip; flick

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[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[daruu] n. summer

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

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[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[didǝr] adj. fluent, as in speech; articulate

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[dɨho-luho] adj. offending

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎeɁpu] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’ko

[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉã] v. be trustworthy, as the omen of chickeen liver or egg might be

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[kaʎã] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ kada

[kapako he] adv. everywhere

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kɨciɁ] v. hiccup

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[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lopa] n. stick, usually used for beating

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Dialect: syn. pa’zi

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

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨlo kopo] n. hawk

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[nẽ] v. push, using the body; nudge

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nɨɁrɨɁ] v. run into somebody

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[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[paakaɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaku’

[pano] v. sting

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[petú] v. break something into two or more pieces

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Dialect: syn. pece

[pĩbú tuxa] pron. each and every person

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[põtin] n. pen

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pukũ hóonɨ] n. a close relative of Muruñ sponsor who takes care of the food and drinks for pukuñ participants

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[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[riite] n. a short necklace of white beads worn by children

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[saroɁ sanɨ] n. banyan tree (Ficus bengalensis)

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[saró] n. firewood of bamboo

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[taɁti] n. cockroach

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[taʎa] v. listen

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[tɨɨló] v. cut down (a tree)

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[tù] v. push

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[ulu-bjalu] adj. messy; unappetizing

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Dialect: syn. byurw-byarw

[umjú] adj. pointed (as of a tip)

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xeli] v. play

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[xɨbo larĩ] n. millipede

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

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[jasi] n. water

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[jatɨɁ] n. umbrella of bamboo and leaves covering the head and the back

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[jau] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall black color with white in the lower portions of the limbs

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[álù] n. task

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