Apatani English

[abba] n. father; daddy; papa

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[akì amù] n. dog’s hair

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[aleɁ] n. wing

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[alíi] n. seed; descendant; progeny; successor

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[amɨ arɨlò] int. interjection to express hopelessness syn. lorw’lo

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[apúu] n. arrow

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[ato] n. grandfather or father in law (term of address)

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[bacĩ] n. box myrtle (Myrica esculenta/Myrica nagi)

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bíiɁ] v. compensate; make reparation; make amends

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[ceɁceɁ] adj. stubborn, obstinate

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dopaa] n. a children’s game played with pebbles

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[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dɨlo] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. duu

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] n. rehearsal

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[enda] n. fifth lunar moon; May

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[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[hẽɉǝr] v. save up; save for the future

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[hiɁtĩ] v. bash against something

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[huu] v. light up; brighten

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[imiɁ] n. sitting space around the traditional fireplace

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[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[kakĩ] v. show; display; exhibit

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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[kaù] v. envy; begrudge

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[kɨpaɁ] n. banana

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Dialect: syn. kwpa’ ahì

[la] conj. and

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[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lãpĩ] n. nape of the neck

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[lẽ] v. collect, as honey

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨpa] n. middle; center

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[lɨri pɨsa] n. a variety of pine tree; Himalayan hemlock (Tsuga dumosa)

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Dialect: var. nwri pwsa

[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[miʎa ri] n. sudden onset eye pain

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[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[murpu] n. bonfire

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨɉaɁ] v. tear something by handing it

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mjã] v. name

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨ] pron. what

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[paɁlo] v. toss down

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Dialect: ant. pa’ca

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[paroɁ paxɨ] n. entrails of chicken

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[pĩkã] adv. nasalized speech or voice

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[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[poli-poli] adv. rapidly; swiftly

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[pɨɁ] v. sweep; clean

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[pɨɉĩ] n. moth

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[pjaɁ] v. splash; throw (water)

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[pjo] v. open (as eye)

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[pù] v. hatch (an egg)

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[ŋeɁko] v. open

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Dialect: ant. qe’piñ

[reɁke abja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke re’bya

[reɁke reɁbja] n. ladder leading to the ceiling

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Dialect: syn. re’ke abya

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[sampjá] n. wooden tray used for transporting soil from one place to the other in an agricultural field

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨdó] n. heifer

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[taɁmú] n. betel

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[taku-tamu] n. a decorated bamboo stick used during penw procession of Muruñ festival

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tuɁteɁ] n. forehead of a cattle

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[xǝǝ] letter name x the letter representing x in the Apatani alphabet

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[jalã pombo] n. hairy caterpillar

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[ɲaɲuɁ] n. double chin; wrinkle under the chin

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