Apatani English

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[agǝr] n. bundh; raised earthen boundary between paddy fields where millet is planted

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[aɉí pɨhá] n. small cane basket

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[amiɁ-agũ] n. design; motif; pattern (esp.in embroidery)

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[arí] n. price; cost; charge

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[asuɁ] v. sneeze

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[biɉe ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

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Dialect: syn. bije yatań, subu zaazi

[burù] n. younger brother

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

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Dialect: var. bwjé bwjé

[bjaago] n. front verandah of an Apatani house

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[cíi] v. be extinct

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[dar] v. break (as a stick); crack; snap

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

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

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[doodu] n. drop

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[doorò] adj. big (of an animal or vehicle)

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Dialect: ant. dorzó

[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[dáa] v. take step; pace; tread

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

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[goɲó] adj. small (of a mouth); low voice

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Dialect: ant. gorò

[gõcã] n. labial commissure

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[gjũtã] n. negotiator; go between in a marriage

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[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[haŋɨ] pron. something; a thing that is unknown or unspecified

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[heŋiɁ-hemo] n. a short span of time; a moment

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[huɲi] n. pestle

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[ɉǝǝ] letter name j dʒʌʌ the letter representing dʒ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉarpaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jaapa’

[kaʎu-kaca] adj. unrecognizable

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[kahó-tamo] adv. in an offending manner

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[keele] n. an agricultural implement of short pointed bamboo chisel used for weeding

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kuɁbã] v. keep something, esp. a container, upside down

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[kuti] n. poker of wood or bamboo

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[kɨɉǝ] int. interjection of calling “lets go”

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[kɨri pamjo] n. business management

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[kɨtaɁ] v. suffice; be adequate; be enough; meet requirements

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[la] conj. and

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[laɁpjo] n. palm

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lĩ] v. exit; go out

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[loʎã] n. ten days

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[malo] n. roof of a house

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[mɨce] n. trough cleaner

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Dialect: syn. afi’ mwge’

[mɨdã] v. touch (esp. to cause pain)

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Dialect: syn. mwne’

[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨrí] n. charcoal

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[naru] v. odor; smell

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[nãpaɁ] v. push something away

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[neli] adj. fragrant; appetizing smell

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[nẽ] v. send someone somewhere

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[nɨbju] n. textile

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[nɨɉi] n. a variety of tree; ghost tree (Sterculia urens)

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[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[pamjo-taxo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo

[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨpĩ] n. bamboo mat for drying paddy or millet

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[pɨɲã] n. a variety of ceremonial friend with whom the head of the sacrificial animal is exchanged

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋɨi taxũ] n. fish trap

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

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[ri] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ku, go

[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[rì aʎĩ] n. the day after tomorrow evening

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[suh] n. spring

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[sɨtĩ] n. bear; Himalayan black bear

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[turlaɁ] n. glass

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Dialect: var. tùla’

[ugja-ragja] adj. with lots of holes

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[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jo tardu] n. a bamboo container for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. tardu

[ɲaaɲiɁ] n. honey bee

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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[ɲibjoɁ] v. get free (as from a taboo period)

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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