Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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

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[adĩ dĩɉi] n. black hair

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aháa] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. agyú

[aháa baɁ] v. hate; loathe; abhor

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[amo] n. remaining grains of unhusked rice grains among husked ones

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[ano] v. to smear; to put on; to rub in; to apply (ointment)

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[apiɁ] v. break (by dropping)

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[armjũ] v. grow (as an offshoot)

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Dialect: var. amyuñ

[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bakaɁ] n. dent; depression

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[bebuɁ] n. gun

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Dialect: syn. mubu’; bibu’

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

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[ceɁxoɁ] v. diasgree; differ; diverge from

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hilu] n. gum

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[hurbu] n. pipe, usually of bamboo or wood, to conduct water from one field to the other

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Dialect: var. hubur

[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[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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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kahiɁ-kaso] v. look after; take care

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[keemeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keembe’

[kone] num. one

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lelaɁ] adj. fresh; new

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[lokũ] n. one day (term of enumeration)

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨxɨ̃-mɨmjɨ̃] adv. do something in a confused way

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paroɁhe] n. measure worth of a hen or paddy in a paro’ yagw; three persons which was the number of laborers hired with a hen or paro’ yagw full of paddy

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[parɨ-molã] n. a variety of shrub bearing reddish berries commonly found in bamboo gardens

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[perũ] n. bean

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[piiʎa] n. ritual performed to propitiate pìfá úì

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[pimɨɁ] v. slice into pieces

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pí] v. bark

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[ripaɁ] v. throw something away

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[sɨɨ] n. cow; ox

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sɨxá] n. an altar

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[tabe] n. sugarcane plant

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Dialect: var. twbe

[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[talã] adj. brownish color (esp. of a cattle)

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[tapǝr] n. heavy log put on a prisoner’s legs to prevent escape

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[taxe] n. tick

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Dialect: syn. twxe

[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañru

[tuubjú] n. edge

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[une pagɨ] v. get wounded

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[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[ɨsã] n. high jump

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[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xuu] adj. old

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jaaxuɁ] n. residue of something after rotting or decomposition

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[jali] n. fox

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[juu] v. extend (as hand)

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[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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