Apatani English

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

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[ai-are] adj. annoyed; vexed; exasperating; problematic

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[atúu] n. progeny; young; offspring; baby animal

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

[biɉe sudu] n. bamboo container; bamboo smoking pipe

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bjaa] v. ruin; disintegrate

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[cãciɁ-doci] adj. nagging; vexatiuos; troublesome (of a person)

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[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[ciɁpɨ] n. frame of the bamboo sliding door

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[daŋi] v. fall (from standing position); tumble

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[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[empjaɁ tijoɁ] n. silkworm pupae

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[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gɨda-pata] n. large cane basket

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[haapĩ tagjã] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ

[haho] prep. up; top; high; upper

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[hai] n. water

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Dialect: syn. yasi

[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[hiluɁ] adj. smooth; glossy; polished

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[hĩxã] num. thirty

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ĩpó] v. cross; pass by

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[ɉihiɁ rara] adj. silent; peaceful

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[ɉoɁ] v. cut, lengthwise with a blade

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[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kɨdi] n. soil

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[kóò bo] n. nephew

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

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[laɁhɨ] n. archer’s wristband traditionally of human hair worn to protect the hand from injury by bow string

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[lɨpjo] n. sole

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[miŋo-taɁmo] adj. rich and powerful

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨlaɁ-lulaɁ] adj. skilled; expert

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Dialect: syn. miki

[mɨxoɁ] v. do something differently

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[mɨjã] n. crest on the head of cock

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[opaɁ] v. give up; let go

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Dialect: syn. apa’

[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[parĩ] adj. combination of two or more colors

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[paroɁ lopa] n. stick to drive away chickens

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pɨsa saaxu] n. pine cone

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[ŋɨi sɨpǝr] n. fish pond

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[roŋe kamjã] adv. always; every time

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sitãpa] adv. like this; this way

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[supũ] v. ceremonial smearing of sacrificial animals with rice powder

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[tarĩ] n. woven cane ring used as kneelet

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tɨɁdĩ] v. collide

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[ukó] n. back; rear

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[xapú] v. peel off

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[xeẽ] v. roast

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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

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[jaa] v. rot; decay; decompose

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[japa] n. young man

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[ɲẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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Dialect: syn. qeñci’

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

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[áttò] n. owner ant. mii

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[ǝǝŋ] letter name ñ the letter representing nasalization on the preceding vowel in the Apatani alphabet

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