Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎeɁ] n. door

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[ahì amǝr] n. fruit items

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[aì] adj. heavy

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[barɲo] adj. small flat object

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Dialect: ant. baarò var. bazo

[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[cicĩ] n. a variety of ritual (esp. to ward off malevolent spirit)

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Dialect: ant. twgò

[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[daci mida] n. mida of lesser variety

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Dialect: ant. datw mida

[daɲi] n. sun

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[daɲi cago] n. east

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Dialect: syn. haaci

[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[dorɲó] adj. small (of an animal or a vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. doorò

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

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[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[emǝr] n. dew

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[ʎi] v. become

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[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[harú] adj. popular (as of one’s personality)

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

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[hẽbjã] adv. ample; sufficient; adequate

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[hirũ] n. tusk (of full grown wild pig)

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[hɨri-hɨxo] n. dirt particles

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[ĩrɨɁ] v. meet; meet up with; run into

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[kacĩ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kala’

[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[martul] n. hammer

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[medǝr] n. purification; purification ritual

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[mẽ] v. kill; assassinate; execute; slaughter

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[mɨŋo] v. stop doing something

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[mjodi] n. far off place

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[nẽtó] n. a house on the main street

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Dialect: var. niñtó ant. neñbu, niñbu

[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[papi] n. wood chip

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[papù paxu] n. egg shell

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[papú] n. puffed grain

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[pẽ] v. bequeath

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Dialect: var. piñ

[pẽgu] v. warm

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[poɁ] v. grow (as horns do)

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[poɁle] v. stretch the truth; exaggerate

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ŋaɁ] v. tie; bind

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[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[rari hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Piper brachystachum)

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Dialect: var. raru hamañ

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

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[sa] v. expel, as when delivering babies or defecating

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[subu arɨɨ] n. mithun horn

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tooŋo] n. wool

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[xaataɁ] adj. dirty; stain on the face after crying

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jamu mɨri] n. charcoal; embers

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[japĩ ái] n. epistaxis; bleeding from the nose

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[jarú] n. ear

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[ɲacu] n. lip

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[ɲemɨɁ] v. break something into pieces by chewing

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù