Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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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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[asó] n. length

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[baajoɁ] adv. slow; sluggish

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[beɁri] n. decorative border; edge

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

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[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bée] v. chant; invoke

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[caãkò] n. a piece of flat object, like a piece of broken earthen pot

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[cudu-cubo] adj. imprudent; reckless

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[càa] v. take paddy from the granary

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[daɁhiɁ-daɁmo] v. stand for a while; wait for a while

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[dasǝr] adj. free; without burden; unencumbered

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Dialect: syn. heñsvr

[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dompo turla] n. large bamboo glass

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

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[ʎeɁko] n. doorlatch

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Dialect: syn. arkonanw; fe’pu

[garu] n. pillow

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Dialect: syn. diñ nanw

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[heru] adj. sad; unhappy

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Dialect: etym. heñ + ru

[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hiiɲiɁ] v. grimace; make face (usually in pain)

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Dialect: syn. hiicí

[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[ɉĩ] v. tie

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[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[koode koode] adv. waddling, of gait

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[koopɨɁ] v. sprain

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Dialect: var. koopu’

[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[lo] post. with; by

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[loxoɁ] n. a part of loin loom

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨdì] n. base; bottom; way; footprint

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[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[miɁca] adj. blind

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[miɁjeɁ-goheɁ] v. signal; making gesture by winking

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[mɨbur] v. do something in an inopportune way

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[mɨdiko] adv. appropriately; suitably; relevantly

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[mɨgjo-mɨʎo] v. mix; blend; mingle

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨmó] v. use or spend a portion

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mɨnì] v. prune; trim

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[mjodi] n. far off place

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[niti] adj. new

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[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[paceɁ] v. clasp; clutch; besiege

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[pacu] n. chick

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[parsĩ] n. red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)

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

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[popita ahì] n. papaya

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[pɨɁpaɁ] v. sweep away

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[rɨɁpo] v. tie on something

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Dialect: syn. ra’po

[rì arò] n. the day after tomorrow morning

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[saɁna] adj. out of breath; breathless; panting; gasping

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[subu rɨgo] n. plaited cane ring for mithun horns

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[sɨcoɁ] n. spring; wellspring; fountainhead

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[sɨʎĩ daʎi] n. this afternoon; towards this evening

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[tagur ẽso] n. a variety of weed

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[tartu] v. break

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[ude] n. house

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[xeda harnɨ] n. special messenger, usually female, who informs about a ritual like Subu or Muruñ to the traditional friends in other villages

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨɨ] v. boil; cook

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

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jalo biɁ] v. echo; resonate; reverberate

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jarú rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. rui

[jormɨɁ] n. dried chili pepper

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[ɲuupaɁ] v. remove something by pricking

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[ápì] v. dry

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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