Apatani English

[a] int. an interjection at the end of a sentence to emphasize or reinforce the statement made

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[ací-búrù] n. brothers; siblings

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Dialect: var. ací-baró

[aʎĩ] adj. smart; bright; savvy

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[agoo] n. outside

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[aɉí-ʎaɁpjó] n. agriculture; farming

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[alaɁ muɉa] n. glove

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[armĩ] adj. ripe

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Dialect: var. amiñ

[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[aɲĩ ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[barɉuɁ] n. netted cane basket for everyday use

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buũtɨ] n. tenth month of the year; October

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[bjɨ] n. a species of bamboo

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[bù] v. uproot

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[daaɲó] adj. small step

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Dialect: ant. daarò

[daruu] n. summer

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[dĩtu] v. nod

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[dobɨ-takǝr alo] n. Thursday

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[doha] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dɨpjo] v. steal; pirate; plagiarize

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[dɨrã-sãxã] n. a variety of edible berries

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Dialect: syn. saanci

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gɨneɁ-gɨse] v. lightly touch with any part of the body; flirt

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haame] adj. coward; timid

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Dialect: ant. haaro

[haaro] adj. brave; courageous

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Dialect: ant. haame

[haatĩ] n. node (as of bamboo)

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

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[iɲa] int. interjection to express repugnance

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Dialect: syn. ija

[kalo] v. look downwards

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[kapjó] adj. first

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[keɁke] adj. saturated; strong, of taste; thick

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[koŋ kolò] n. four days back

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[kulu] n. banana tree

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Dialect: syn. kulu sanw

[kɨloɁ kɨloɁ] adj. glossy

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁrã] n. a hoop earing worn by priests on ceremonial occasions

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[laa] v. take; grasp; clutch

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lẽbo] n. road

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Dialect: var. lembo

[lupa] v. remind; help someone remember

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[lɨciɁ] n. toe

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[lɨhaɁ] n. small cane basket

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[miimaɁ] n. a variety of hebaceous plant whose slender leaves are used to tie bundles of paddy or millet plant (Miscanthus sinensis)

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mũdo] n. girlfriend; female lover

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Dialect: syn. zimuñ ant. saado

[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨgĩ] adj. beneficial; profitable, of works

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[mjoʎi] adj. facing the shady side

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Dialect: ant. myobya

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[patu] v. cut something into two or more pieces

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[paxɨ̃] v. blunt a sharp weapon by cutting on a hard material

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[puhaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. poha’

[pɨdi mɨlũ nanɨ] n. scarecrow to scare away birds

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[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjokoɁ] v. open, of eye

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[rahɨ] v. rotate something

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[rubĩ] n. earlobe

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Dialect: syn. yarú rubiñ

[ríipĩ] v. close something by stitching or sewing

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[sah patɨ] n. tea leaf; tea grain

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[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sihɁ] n. spring (esp. where animals come to drink)

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[suɁ] v. probe; explore; investigate

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[taɁmo] adj. strong; brawny; powerful

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[tapǝr] n. an element of babo

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Dialect: var. twpvr

[tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. yo tardu

[taɲó] adj. small in number; few in numbers

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Dialect: syn. tozó ant. tarò

[ɨci-padɨɁ] n. doodlebug

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[xɨɨke] v. tie loosely

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jamjó] n. floor of split bamboo

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲibja] adv. fast; quick

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[ɲima] cop. there isn’t; copula negator

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Dialect: ant. do

[álù] v. to work

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[ĩka] pron. that

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