Apatani English

[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎã jaŋo] num. fifty

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[akée] n. food item used as a gift to express friendly gesture

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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

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[amiɁ] v. extinguish; douse; put out (fire)

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Dialect: syn. mwmi’

[amĩ] adj. docile; obedient; sumbissive; deferential

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Dialect: ant. aliñ

[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[axóo pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[cì] v. bite

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[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[diixɨ] n. coarse sand

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Dialect: syn. swxw; súrù

[domĩ-doŋeɁ] n. fatigue due to change in weather

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[heɁ] v. cut with a knife with the sharp edge away from the user, as in smoothening something

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[huã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: var. hoañ

[hupa] pron. for whom

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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

[ĩbò] v. follow; go along with somebody

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[ɉiʎĩ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifuñ; akì jifuñ

[ɉoɁko] v. open by cutting

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kako talo] n. mirror

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Dialect: syn. kvrv talo; kako yalo; kvlo yalo, kwrv talo

[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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

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[koʎoɁ-koco] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’

[kumpaɁ] v. throw away (esp. from a container)

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[laɁci alaɁ] n. left hand

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[luah] n. dumb; mute

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[luʎã] v. imitate speaking

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[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mjamja] n. ringworm

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[mjoko] n. third lunar month of the year; name of the festival celebrated in March

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[paakuɁ] n. plate

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Dialect: syn. paaka’

[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[patã] n. traditional labour gang

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[pilã] adj. yellow

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[posa] n. money (esp. coins); paisa

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Dialect: or. Assamese (Paisa)

[pɨse] n. a variety of bird; Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ridóo] v. throw far

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[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[roɁnɨ] n. hen

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Dialect: ant. ro’po

[rũ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. roñ

[sampo] n. log; timber; piece of wood

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[temaɁ] v. touch

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Dialect: etym. teñ + mwma’ syn. mwma’

[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tɨgò] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to propitiate benevolent deities)

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Dialect: ant. ciciñ

[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲakù] adj. tilted; askew

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[ákótá] pron. one more

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