Apatani English

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉí sampjá] n. tray, usually of wood, used to move soil from one part of the paddy field to the other

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[amú] v. to tell a lie

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[arã] n. bottom (of a tree or a bamboo)

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[arná] v. choke

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[atĩ] v. block; choke; plug; obstruct; close

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Dialect: syn. arañ

[ajóo tɨpè] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pè, tápè

[aɲã] n. year

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[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[deʎã rɨci] n. bell

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Dialect: syn. defañ rwcañ

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[doɉiɁ roɁpo] n. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella)

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[dooʎaɁ] n. lightening

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[dɨpjo aíi] n. canine tooth

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[dùukũ] n. meeting; gathering; assembly; congregation

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ʎoʎiɁ-cociɁ] n. rogue; an unreliable person

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Dialect: syn. suru dozó

[gipĩ] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gɨɨ] v. move by manouvering

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[heeʎiɁ] adj. cool, in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. habuñ

[heme] v. promise; vow; pledge

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[hoɁ] num. catch with a loop of rope; catch with a noose

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[húro] v. awaken; arouse; wake up

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[húì] v. fall

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[ipũ-tarũ] n. a variety of caterpillar

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉiʎũ] n. Indian strawberry (Potentilla indica)

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Dialect: syn. jifiñ

[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kami] prep. at the back; after; rear of

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Dialect: syn. kokañ

[karu] adj. ugly; unappealing; unsightly

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Dialect: ant. kapyo

[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[lake] v. to cross legs

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[miɁjeɁ] v. wink

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[mɨɲe] v. finish; give a finishing touch

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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

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[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[paʎù] n. a variety of bird; parakeet

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[pamí] n. chicken louse

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[piɁɲi xaŋe] num. eighty

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[poɁdo] n. accident

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[ŋɨkɨ] pron. mine; first person singular genitive pronoun incorporating a copula function

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

[roɁko] n. a bamboo strip that tightens the beams of a house

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨbi bisǝr] n. a variety of monkey

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[sɨbi laɁhĩ] n. a variety of creeper used for decoration

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[taarò] adj. many; large numbers

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Dialect: syn. toorò ant. tazó

[tapoɁ] n. variety of tall grass

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tiɁmjaɁ] v. stain; smudge

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Dialect: syn. ti’mya’-ti’sa

[tijoɁ] n. insect; worm

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xeɁ] v. cry; sob

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xɨxu-xɨce] v. discriminate; differentiate

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jalã] n. stone

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[jata] adj. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ɲuɁ] v. wipe (as with a cloth or a hand); rub

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