Apatani English

[agjo] v. mix; add; combine

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[aháa] n. heart

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[anu-abã] n. brothers; sibling

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[auɁ gɨgjá] n. waist

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[ajóo] n. up; upper

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

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[car] v. boil

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[dɨpjoɁ-tãsoɁ] v. eat or drink something to break the monotony or to add taste to the food

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[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[elã] n. a variety of red rice, usually late ripening

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[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ẽtɨ jagɨ] n. medium sized cane basket

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[ʎiɁcu pɨɲã] n. ceremonial friend who exchange the heads of sacrificed pigs

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[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[huŋa] v. squat (esp. of quadruplets)

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Dialect: syn. buqá

[hũta-rẽta] adj. stifling; suffocating, of space; congested

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[iʎĩ] n. rectum

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kecĩ] v. to know how to write

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[kenna] n. a person who castrates pigs

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Dialect: syn. kwmvr

[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨ] v. punch; jab

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[laɁtĩ] adv. forcefully; with strength

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[lukã] v. speak for a long time

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[lurú] v. instigate; incite; provoke

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mɨriɁ] v. initiate doing something

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[nelii mjokó] n. world of the dead

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Dialect: syn. nelii

[nẽpaɁ] v. send somebody away

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[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[nɨpu apĩ] n. feast on the occasion of the birth of a newborn baby

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[pace] v. cut into two pieces

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[pageɁ] v. light a fire; set fire; ignite

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[pano] v. sting

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[potĩ] n. an element of loin loom

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pɨtì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. kucì

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

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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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[raa] v. avenge; take revenge for

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[roŋohe] adv. five times

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[sisa] n. glass

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[surúu] adj. deceptive; crafty; treacherous

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨɨ atúu] n. calf

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[tako-laro] n. variety of a hard stone

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tariɁ] n. body odor

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[tarɉĩ] v. straighten

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Dialect: ant. tarki’

[tasu-tase] adj. noisy; boisterous

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tudɨ] adj. short

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[tɨp pɨpɨ] n. Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

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[tɨpjaɁ tarɨ] n. a variety of cotton top

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[une] n. wound

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[xeɁlɨɁ] v. put on; cover

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Dialect: ant. xe’liñ

[jalu] n. dispute; conflict; controversy

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[jasi jaruɁ] n. water hyacinth (Eichhomia crassipes)

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aláa] n. honey

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[ɲabe] v. frown; scowl

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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