Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[attè] adj. thick (of a liquid)

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[axɨ har] v. have loose motion

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Dialect: syn. axw sáa

[ajo-nano] n. a variety of bee (hover bee)

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[behe] n. bamboo shoot

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Dialect: syn. byapu’, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[biɉe arɨ] n. bundle of bamboo

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[bɨɉe] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bɨɲiɁ-bɨɲa] adj. silky; delicate; soft

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Dialect: syn. bwza-bwza

[bár] v. charge interest

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[corkè] adj. strong (as of taste)

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[eem] int. yes

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[guɁ] v. hatch; sit on or brood eggs

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[gɨɁha] v. lie down

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[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[haʎã sãxã meʎã] n. hibiscus (Hibiscus rosasinensis)

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[hoɁko-hoɁpe] adj. tangled; knotty

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[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[iɉa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. iza

[itì] n. a lump of solidified ash

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[ĩgu] v. change direction or destination of going

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[kanulo] n. weekdays

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[kapeɁ] adj. transparent; translucent; obvious; evident

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Dialect: syn. kape’-kase’

[karĩ] v. envy; be jealous

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[karsĩ] n. kerosene

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kooʎã] adj. round

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Dialect: ant. koofo’

[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[lalala] conj. then; and then

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[lebu] n. agate bead

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[lulũ] v. frighten by speaking; scare; intimidate

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lɨ] v. plant

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[miɉiɁ] n. one well versed in traditional literature

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Dialect: etym. ami’ (eye) + áfò (skin)

[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[milĩ] adj. serious (of health status) adv. with great difficulty; by hook or by crook

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨŋó] n. unfinished task; remaining work

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[paɲiɁ aɲiɁ] n. small rice grains that remain after sieving

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[pẽko] n. intermediate position; middle

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Dialect: syn. puñko

[pimpù] n. tiffin; light meal; small amount of food item (esp. for offering to deities)

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[pinto] prep. above; over

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pɨʎe] num. four

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Dialect: etym. pwfi + he

[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[pé] v. distribute; dole out; apportion; allocate

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[ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla

[reɁ] v. cross (a river); traverse; travel across

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[rixaɁ] v. miss the target while throwing

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Dialect: ant. rida’

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[supjuɁ] n. drain water

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tacĩ] v. understand; comprehend

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[taŋu-aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[taxò] n. bamboo split used for demarcating land

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[tiɁpaɁ] v. erase; wipe off; rub out

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[xeli] v. play

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[xuiɁ] adj. sour

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[xũta] n. timber; wooden post

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jǝǝ] letter name y the letter representing j in the Apatani alphabet

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[ɲaɉeɁ] v. to make expression as when one is about to cry

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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