Apatani English

[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[adĩ] n. head (anatomical)

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[amĩ-aɉã] adj. docile; candid; frank

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[anɨ̀] n. mother (term of reference)

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[api-aláa] n. sap of a tree

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[apóo] v. put cloths on cloth holder

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

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[artĩ bɨlĩ] n. testicle

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[artĩ ku] v. castrate

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[attuɁ] v. close or block (esp. a hollow container)

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[beɁtũ] v. shrink; contract; become smaller

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[buupĩ sɨnɨ] n. twin; siblings

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[ca] v. ascend; go up; rise (of the sun); sprout (of a plant)

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[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

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[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daɲi somĩ] n. a species of legless lizard; Asian glass lizard (ophisaurus gracillis)

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[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[dema] adj. naughty; disobedient

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Dialect: ant. deñkí

[dĩgjã] n. fencepost

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[eɁlaɁ] adj. good in shooting

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[eɁpe] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. tápè; ayó twpè

[ʎeɁpu] n. horizontal piece of bamboo holding the framework of a door

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

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[haapahe] adv. to a large part; a big quantum; big amount

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[hadɨ] v. be angry

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[hixuɁ] n. wet fermented bamboo shoot

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[hoopa] post. therefore; for

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[huɁbĩ] v. sweat

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[hémò] v. rest; take a breather

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[ka] v. see; look at

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[kalaɁ] v. recognize; know

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Dialect: syn. kaciñ

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

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[laɁsĩ] n. forearm

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[luɲo] v. speak without purpose

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[lɨɨpi] n. shoulder blade

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨpeɁ] v. complete; finish

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[mɨpjò] adj. easy (to do); good to do

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[mjogu] v. migrate; relocate; resettle

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[pakù] n. pigeon

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[patǝr] n. cage

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[paxoɁ sudu] n. a long bamboo container for smoking spicy food

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

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[pĩciɁ sarsé] n. an early ripening variety of millet

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

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

[poo] v. chop a tree trunk with horizontal blows

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[pucũ] n. mound; heap; pile; stack

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[pɨdì] n. a variety of bird; sparrow

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[pɨro] n. basket of splitted bamboo used for storage

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[pɨrɨ] n. wooden boundary of a hearth

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sanɨ tero] n. Sichuan peppercorn; prickly ash

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Dialect: var. sañtú tero

[setu] v. stop by pulling

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[seɲi] n. rhododendron

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[subu sɨbo] n. mithun bull

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[tabu] n. snake

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[taka] v. ask; inquire; interrogate

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Dialect: syn. tahw

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[taɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: syn. tarze

[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tutu popo] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[ugù] n. fireplace; hearth

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[xe] v. distribute; divide

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[xomjú] adj. tapering

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[jasi] n. water

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[jatã] n. snacks; rice flour

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[ákò] adj. low; short

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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