Apatani English

[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[aʎí-aróo] n. storm; rainstorm; windstorm

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aháa ahɨɁ] v. forget; fail to remember

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[akó-abiɁ] pron. everyone; everybody; every person

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[baɁso] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’ ant. twdw

[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[barde] n. cane basket used for distilling rice/millet beer

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[buuxe] n. a variety of house rat

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bárì] n. traditional ballad (esp. in the genre of the Nyishis)

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[ʎoɁgã] n. blunt edge of the sword

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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

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[gõkoɁ] v. open mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñpiñ; goñpyañ

[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[guŋa] v. lie down (esp. of quadruplets)

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[haatĩ bɨlĩ] adv. satisfactorily; confidently; convincingly

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[hẽco] n. titillation

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[haágjá] n. entrance, door

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[itú pumĩ] n. a variety of small dragonfly

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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

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[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kanɨ] n. one who sees

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[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

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

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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

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[ko] v. throw out (from the mouth); throw up

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[koɁbɨ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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Dialect: syn. ko’bu

[koɁroɁ] n. traditional relationship usually the maternal uncle to whom a portion of the sacrificial animal is offered

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

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[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[káɉù] int. yes; okay

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[locũ] n. bone marrow

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[lotɨ] adj. honest; straightforward

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[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[mɨcĩ] v. know how to do

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

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[pacu] n. chick

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[petiɁ] n. belt

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rilĩ] v. throw something out

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨgoɁ] n. cane loop tied on the horns of cows or mithuns

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Dialect: syn. rwguñ

[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨlĩ] n. a small track inside the kitchen garden

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[sɨɲã] n. this year

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[tǝǝ] letter name t the letter representing t in the Apatani alphabet

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tarɨ] n. shirt; top

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[tasã] n. ornament

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[tɨɁ] v. jerk; pull suddenly

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[táa] v. paw; move the hands in a rapid pawing motion, as when digging away soil

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[xelɨɁ] v. force someone to do something

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[xɨ] v. slide while in sitting position; scoot

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[jorxũ hamã] n. toothache plant; paracress (Acmella oleracea)

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[úì taɲiɁ] n. cobra lily (Arisaema sp.)

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