Apatani English

[abu-akeɁ] n. manure; fertilizer

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[aci takǝr] n. star

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[agĩ] post. with; along with; in the same direction

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alĩ] v. make something round; wind a quantity of yarn or thread into a ball (esp. by using a kind of spinning wheel)

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[amɨ̀] n. daughter-in-law (term of address)

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[arò-apĩ] n. meal in the morning; breakfast

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[asã] n. north

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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

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[ajò] n. night

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[aɲìnɨ] n. second

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[buɁ] v. multiply; proliferate; procreate

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[caa] v. step on

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[caarò] adj. big (of pot)

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Dialect: ant. cazó

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[ciʎù] n. little forktail (Enicurus scouleri)

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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[daɲi alo] n. Sunday

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[duxu-paʎo] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨrɨ] adj. late; delayed

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[díĩ] v. curse

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[empu] n. a variety of white rice, usually late ripening

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[ẽsuɁ] v. fail (esp. of rice plant; failing to fruit)

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[ʎe] v. wade through

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽki] adj. sincere; honest; unfeigned

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[hẽtú] v. miss someone; pine for; yearn for; long for

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[ho] num. in; at

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[hɨɲur hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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[háatɨ] adj. hopeful; confident; optimistic

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[híhɁ] n. dried fermented bamboo shoot

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[ixò hóonɨ] n. the person who sponsors the dry meat distributed to the participants of penw procession, usually a close relative of the main sponsor of Muruñ

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[kǝǝ] letter name k the letter representing k in the Apatani alphabet

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kelaɁ] n. good writer; one who writes well

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kompjutar] n. computer

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Dialect: or. English

[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[lãcu] n. goiter; hump

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[miɁɉũ] adj. lethargic or inactive (of a person)

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[miɁtĩ amu] v. eyebrow

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[misi] n. title used for dead females

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Dialect: ant. mikiñ

[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨgja] v. help someone on reciprocal basis

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[ne] pron. how much; how many

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[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[nɨ] pron. what

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[paɉi] n. two wheeler vehicle

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[poorò] adj. big, of cylinderical objects

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Dialect: ant. poozó

[puʎã] n. peak; summit

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[pɨcã sɨdu] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ paaku’

[pɨta] n. bird

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[pjaɁlo] v. release captive fowls from the cage

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[párpĩ] v. screw close

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[roha] v. dry over fire

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[rɨɁlo] v. pour a liquid down

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[rɨbó aʎĩ] n. the evening after three days

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[rɨsi-rɨse] adj. messy; disorganized; chaotic; cluttered

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[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

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

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[se] v. pull

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

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

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[sɨlì] n. water body

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[sɨmi] n. lake

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[sɨro] n. this morning

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tõkĩ] v. display

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[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

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Dialect: syn. tale’

[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jali] n. fox

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[japĩ ubúu] n. nostril

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jasi pari] n. common kingfisher

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[ɲiɁxã] num. twenty

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[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[óò] v. till (with spade); dig; plow

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