Apatani English

[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abju-axeɁ] n. movement; motion; activity

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Dialect: var. abyú-ate’

[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[amánɨ] pron. everything; each item

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[arná] v. choke

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[bíi] v. cascade; flow (as water)

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[ceɁ] v. argue; contend; claim; wrangle

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[cì] v. bite

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[daaɲe] n. two steps

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[dekĩ pɨcã] n. clay pot

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[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dulu] n. the system of giving another person the responsibility of looking after a cattle

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[harkó] v. bore a hole

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[hẽpaɁ] v. ignore; pay no heed to

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hogja gjamu] n. clouded leopard

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[hore] num. one bundle (esp. of thread)

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉiʎá] n. coarse silk

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kago-tago] adj. showy; pretentious; ostentatious

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[koʎũ kolo] n. primordial time

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Dialect: syn. kofuñ

[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[kɨle] n. river

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁcã] n. ring

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[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[lĩgja] n. exit; doorway; gateway

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lupjuɁ-lusuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’

[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨpĩ] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwmó

[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mɨju] n. ash

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

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[nunu] pron. second person plural pronoun

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[nɨɁteɁ] v. doze; nap; catnap

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[ohò] n. sharp bamboo stick put on the ground to prevent intrusion

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

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[piɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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Dialect: var. apì

[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[pĩta ahi] n. gourd

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pìi] v. dry

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[ridaɁ] v. throw at the target

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Dialect: ant. rixa’

[ripó-rílo] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. rimyo’-riso

[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saɁlɨɁ] v. breathe in; inhale

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Dialect: ant. sa’liñ

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

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sãxɨɁ] n. a variety of plant used as dye (Eurya acuminata var. euprista)

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sopo] adj. slim; slender; svelte; lissome

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[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[tano pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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[teɁhi] v. fall down

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[xáa] v. bark (of a barking deer)

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[áakũ] v. come early

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[álù] n. task

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