Apatani English

[aci takǝr] n. star

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[apju] v. spead (a mat) on the floor

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[beɁhu] adj. spongy; springy; cushiony; resilient

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[deʎã rɨcã] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwci

[dempjo] n. mouse

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[doxo-acã] n. corner in the house reserved for ritual altars

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[duɁɉo] n. commission paid to a sale agent

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[dɨraada] adv. next year

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[ʎiɁdo] n. food for pigs

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[ʎòobó] v. jump across

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[gǝǝ] letter name g the letter representing g in the Apatani alphabet

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[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gõdu] n. arbitration; mediation; mediator

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haaso haaso] adv. slowly; sluggishly

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Dialect: syn. haasopa

[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[hɨsã] n. grass; fodder

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[ɉompu] n. bamboo shaving used as a ritual element or a decorative item syn. some

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[ɉopjã] v. close something by placing something in the opening ant. joko’

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[ɉuɲa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juja

[ka] v. see; look at

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[kaco kapaá] adv. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[koha xage] num. ninety

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[koɲã] n. the year before last; two years ago

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[lɨma] n. root

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[milo rɨɉì] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[muku sudu] n. smoking pipe

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨxè] v. do something forcefully

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[nala pakaɁ] n. drain

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Dialect: syn. nala

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[nitĩ-hormĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ

[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[paako] n. an element of babo

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[pahe] v. make a dent by cutting

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[perũ jaanɨ] n. fermented soybean

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[potũ] n. witness in a business transaction

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[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pìitã] adj. dry

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Dialect: ant. juja

[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[rã] v. tie; tether

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[rel garɨ] n. train

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[sari] n. a variety of tree which is allergic to those who are sensitive to it

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sisi] n. now

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Dialect: var. swsi

[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[subu sɨdó] n. half grown mithun

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨlo-holo] adv. hurriedly; excitedly

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[sɨxaɁ] v. scratch; scrape; abrade

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xa] v. peel; pare; skin; take the skin off

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[xẽpi] v. dry by heating

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xoɁkó-xoɁpè] adj. disorganized; mess; tangled

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[japũ] n. sky

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[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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[ĩka] pron. that

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