Apatani English

[adũ-arã] adj. disoriented; muddled; confused

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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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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[alɨɁ] v. exchange; interchange; swap

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

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bum] n. bomb

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Dialect: or. English

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[ciba] n. small cane bag usually used for carrying tiffin

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[du] v. drip (of water)

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[dɨdɨɁ] v. poisoned (by eating)

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[dɨma-haama] n. purification ritual

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[eɁ] v. shoot

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎihe] post. till; until

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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

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Dialect: syn. genda hamañ

[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[hiɁxɨɨ] v. wring; twist

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[hirã] n. molar tooth

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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

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Dialect: var. hurbu

[hɨɉã mɨnɨ̃] n. component of mida ceremony which is the offering for the children of the newly married couple

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[hɨpe hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Elatostema platyphyllum)

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[hɨɲò] n. the ninth day of the ten-day post-natal confinement of a mother and newborn

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[impjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. empya’

[kaɁ] v. solidify; freeze; coagulate

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kore-kore] adv. with short quick steps

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[kutu] n. oil; pig fat used as hair oil

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[laakoɁ] v. open

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Dialect: ant. laapiñ

[lẽ] v. filter; sieve; sift

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[luʎã] v. bring around; persuade; convince

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[mixɨ runɨ] n. a person possessed by spirit

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Dialect: syn. mixw ronw

[more mɨjã] n. black kite (Milvus migrans)

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨpjaɁ] v. undo something; untie

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[mɨŋu-mɨre] v. discriminate

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[mɨru] adj. hard; difficult

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[mɨtú] n. half burned firewood

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[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nã] v. push; press

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

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[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨɲi] pron. you two; second person dual pronoun

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[ohó] adj. tall; high

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[pakaɁ] adj. depression; dent; trough

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Dialect: ant. puñtu

[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pata-pabja] adj. spotted

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pidú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. he’dú

[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

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[puluɁ] v. cover

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[ŋur] v. move something heavy using lever

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[ronɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: syn. runw

[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[soku-soka] v. tease; make fun of; poke fun at; trifle with

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[sosiɁ-sosiɁ] adv. in a line; one after the other

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[sɨsi] n. now

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Dialect: var. sisi

[tahɨ] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. taka

[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tamaɁ amu] n. fibres of tama’ tree used as cover of havershack or cap

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[telɨɁ] v. push something in by finger

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Dialect: ant. teliñ etym. teñ + alw’

[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tutu nanu] n. bumble bee

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[tuulu] n. sub-clan

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[tuuma] adj. courageous; daring

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[tɨmo] v. suspend; postpone

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[uʎã kuti] n. metallic poker; safety pin

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Dialect: syn. fañso

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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[japĩ hulo] n. nose plug

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[áagjaɁ] v. come to a wrong place or a wrong way

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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