Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[abjo] adj. endearing

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[adĩ dilã] n. grey or red hair

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[areɁ] adj. sharp; honed

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[arkiɁ] v. arrange (a rope) into a loop

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[birã patuɁ] n. bamboo stump (esp. with sharp edge)

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[bɨʎĩ] n. yesterday evening

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bù] v. uproot

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[gartaɁ] n. paddy field in the upper portion

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Dialect: ant. garpw’

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[haaceɁ] n. difficult time; crisis; emergency

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Dialect: syn. haace’ swre

[hemĩ-hẽɉa] adj. intimate; open (of relationship)

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hokɨ] post. from

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[hupa] pron. for whom

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kalaɁ-talaɁ] adj. knowledgeable; learned

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[kedu] n. an agricultural implement of short wooden digging stick used to make holes for planting paddy or millet

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[kena kuru] n. a variety of bird

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[kɨlĩ] pron. whatever

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[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁci] n. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ku ant. la’bi’

[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lɨsĩ pɨtu] n. calf

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mii] pron. others; not own; outsider

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Dialect: ant. áttò

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

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[naspati] n. pear

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nɨtãpà] pron. how

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

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[o pɨro] n. lace bamboo used for filtering good quality liquor from fermented millet or rice

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[pũko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. peñko

[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[rɨɁ] v. bind; strap

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[rɨko] n. a variety of hardy perennial creeper; sweet tea vine (Gynostemma pentaphyllum)

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[sosĩ] n. steel wire rope

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[surúu doɲó] n. traitor; scoundrel

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tacì] n. crab

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tapũ] n. bat

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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[taɲiɁ mɨge] n. tongs to roast grains of corn

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[tĩpi] n. dry field; dry cultivation area

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[ɨpɨɁnɨ] n. sweeper

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[japa] n. young man

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[ɲaɁɲaɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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Dialect: syn. za’zo’

[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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[álù] n. task

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[úì bar] v. a variety of chanting during a particular ritual

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