Apatani English

[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[aʎã xɨ] num. sixty

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[alũ] v. surprise, shock

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[amiɁ ácì] n. conjunctivitis; eye disease

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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

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[ã] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to solicit agreement to a statement

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

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[bɨdí] adj. trick; tactic; strategy

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Dialect: or. Assamese

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

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[bɨsã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis)

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjaako] n. kind of edible berry

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[ciruɁ] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. cíkù

[cukǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: syn. takvr

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dẽki] adj. sincere; obedient

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Dialect: ant. dema

[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[gjaasi] n. mother’s mother’s brother’s patrilines; portion of the meat traditionally offered to such relations

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[haɁtú] v. obstruct; block; clog

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hibu] n. beak

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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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

[ĩ] v. go

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kagoɁ] v. overlook; disregard; ignore

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[kanu] num. seven

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kootaɁ] n. buttock

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[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[miɁʎò] n. eyelid

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Dialect: syn. ami’ mi’fò

[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨbjú] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨʎo] n. flame

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[mɨra] n. slave

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[mɨɲo] v. do something without purpose or for free

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[nẽbu] n. a house away from the main street

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Dialect: var. niñbu ant. neñto

[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽko] n. lower section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñdiñ

[nɨtɨ apa] int. enough; that’s enough; interjecton to express satisfaction

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[orĩ-pagĩ] adj. mixed color; stripes

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[paɁɲi] n. stick, usually used for support

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Dialect: syn. lopa

[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[pilã rãbã] adj. yellowish

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pu] v. bind

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[pɨɨ] v. collect with palms

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[ŋǝǝ] letter name q ŋʌʌ the letter representing ŋ in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[raru hamã] n. a variety of wild vegetable

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[sarpuɁ] n. balloon; bladder

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[tagjɨ̃ mɨjǝr] n. matchbox

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[tiilo] v. to pour some liquid down

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[uurò] adj. big (of hole) ant. uuzó

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xú] v. aim

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[jaɁpu-jaɁlã] n. a variety of Muruñ festival considered to be of higher status

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[japa] n. young man

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[jasi] n. water

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[jo patǝr] n. cane basket for storing meat

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[jordĩ] n. upper portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yorko

[áakúr] v. return; come back

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[áamì] n. cat

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[úì atúu] n. forest bug

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[úì subu] n. yak (Bos grunniens)

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