Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[aʎĩ] n. evening; dusk; late afternoon

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[ahi] n. tooth

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

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akì] n. dog

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

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[alló] n. bone

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[apó] n. body

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[axoo] adj. entangled (hair)

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[aíi] n. blood

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

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

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciɁ] v. move fast (as a fish do)

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[elù] n. reed flute

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[gaɁsǝr] v. strangle with hand

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[gjoɁ] v. prepare cane rope; smoothen cane rope

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[haʎã hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

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

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[ii] letter name I the letter representing i in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉã] v. become fat; put on weight

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[ɉolo] v. lift or carry down ant. joca

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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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

[koʎoɁ] adj. bent; not round; irregular

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Dialect: syn. kofo’-koco

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kɨɲiɁ] adj. cruel; brutal; fiendish; ruthless

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[laɁbu] n. sleeve; part of a garment that covers the arms

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁgeɁ] n. anticubital space

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[luɉu-lumjo] adj. manner of speaking

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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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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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨme-mɨɉa] v. complete; finish

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[naŋe] n. a unit of measure equivalent to the width of a palm

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[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nu] adj. dark red colour

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[nunuko] pron. at your (place); second person plural pronoun, possessive case

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pai-paca] n. a large cane basket

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[paroɁ papù] n. chicken egg

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[paxɨɁ] adj. late; delayed; overdue; behind schedule

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[pẽgu] v. warm

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[piɁ] v. bear; put up with

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[pila sudu] n. bamboo container for storing pila

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[poɁɉuɁ] v. crouch; cower

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[poteɁ] adj. full

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨxó] n. water channel

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[sár] v. rip; tear

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[tapjò] adj. melodious; nice to hear

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[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tɨɁlo] v. to pull down

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨci riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: syn. riimi; riñbi

[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jaɉi-jalo] n. soul

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ɲãbjũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbuñ

[álù] n. task

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