Apatani English

[aga sɨco] int. interjection to express indifference; let it be

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Dialect: syn. aqw swco; aga swco

[alì lɨpĩ] n. instep

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[amjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. armyañ

[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apyáa] n. tracks made by small animals

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[ajaɁ] n. flesh

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[bardĩ] n. fate; destiny

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[bosta] n. jute bag; gunny sack

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bjaarã] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaací

[bóo] v. pull; tug; lug; drag; draw

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[dãtǝr] v. break something by beating

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[didu] n. liquid container of bamboo

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Dialect: syn. dije’

[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dùuhi] v. vacate a seat

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gjandi] n. debt; dues; financial obligation

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[haʎã bjajũ] n. tomato

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[hẽtɨ] adj. proud; haughty; boastful

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

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[háakò] n. entrance, entry, door

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[kaco] adj. dirty; soiled; smeared; filthy

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[kaɉu] int. yes; okay

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Dialect: syn. aju

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

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[kɨce] v. break by hitting or punching

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

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Dialect: syn. kwri du’nw

[kúcì] adj. near

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lẽda] n. path

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[luxá] v. retort; riposte; dare; challenge verbally

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[lɨbã alló] n. knee cap

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[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[medǝr nelo] n. place of worship (Lit. ‘house of purity’)

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[miɁɉǝr] n. a variety of tiny fly; midge

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Dialect: syn. taru mi’jvr

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[mituɁ] n. tip; apex; sharp end

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Dialect: ant. arañ

[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

[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨti] v. do something again; repeat; repair

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[nakú] n. uncle, esp. maternal (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. aku

[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[padĩ] n. erosion control embankment usually of bamboo and wood along the banks of the streams

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[peca] n. a variety of wild apple

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨniɁ] v. pinch

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[pɨri] n. chicken coop

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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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[pjarkiɁ] v. fold

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[ŋeɁpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: ant. qe’ko

[ŋɨʎã] n. variety of a fish considered sacred by the Apatanis

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[sãbjũ] v. immerse; submerge; soak in water

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[sãxã] n. rubber

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[subu sɨxa] n. altar on which the mithun is sacrificed during Subu or Muruñ festivals

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[sumu] adj. giddy; dizzy; vertiginous

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Dialect: syn. jiimú

[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taʎiɁ] n. bruise; contusion

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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[takǝr] n. star

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tanĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. twniñ

[tapjaɁ] v. untie

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tero jorsã] n. green chili

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[túcé] v. break something by kicking

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[uu] letter name u the letter representing u in the Apatani alphabet

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[árù] adj. coarse; rough; large ant. amw’

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