Apatani English

[agoo] n. outside

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[aɉóo] n. fare; wage

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[apã keemã] n. male dragonfly

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[apĩ] v. warm (hand)

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[arɨɨ] n. bundle (esp. of bamboo)

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bjakuɁ taleɁ] n. onion

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[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[dã] v. beat (with a stick)

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[dãsò] n. spear with long handle

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[ẽtɨ pataɁ] n. wooden try on which to beat while harvesting paddy

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gorɨ] n. watch; clock

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[iɁce] n. a night’s interval

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉihɨ-ɉixe] v. roll to and fro

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kociɁ] adj. bitter

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[koló] n. in the olden days

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[kǝ] int. okay; yes; affirmative interjection

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laɁpã] n. wooden community platform usually belonging to a clan

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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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[leɁra] n. cane havershack

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[mepĩ] n. a variety of ritual in which the shaman smears rice powder mixture on the walls

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mɨduɁ] v. destroy; damage

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[mɨgjaɁ] v. do wrongly; commit a mistake

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[mɨju] n. ash

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨgo] n. matter; subject; affair

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Dialect: syn. hago

[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[ŋaatɨ] adj. lose taste or inability to eat more

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Dialect: syn. qaare

[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[ro bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. mifa bari’

[roŋe] adv. once; one time

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[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sãgo] n. life

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[sãtǝr] adj. fully grown

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sulú] n. fence

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[sɨgã] n. irrigation channel

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[sɨlɨɁ] n. water container of bamboo

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

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[sɨɨ hɨbo] n. ox

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[taɁkó] v. dig a hole or trench

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[uuɲó] adj. small (of hole)

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Dialect: ant. uurò

[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xeɲiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xeñji’

[xomu] n. ritual element of an altar

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[janu] adj. calm; peaceful; slow

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ácì] v. hide; conceal

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