Apatani English

[adáa] n. a person who has always had only one wife

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[ahu] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu-apo

[akó] num. one; single

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[arbú] adj. unlucky; unfortunate; jinxed; ill-fated var. abú; abúr Ant. aro’

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[armjã] n. name

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Dialect: var. amyañ

[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[bipĩ] n. mat of animal skin

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[bĩpu] adj. round; spherical; plump; rotund

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[bɨpɨɁ] prep. under; beneath; below

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[cikã] part. like; similar

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[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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

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[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[geɁ] v. stick; adhere to; glue

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Dialect: syn. age’

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gorá] n. a section of Apatani village council

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

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

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[habũ] adj. cool; cold in a pleasant way

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Dialect: syn. hefi’

[hilĩ] n. clotted blood

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[ĩdũ] v. go around; wander; roam

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉuɉa] adj. wet

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Dialect: ant. pitañ syn. juza

[kabyo] v. yearn; wish to possess something or someone

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[kaʎu-kaca] v. fail to recognize

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[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[koŋ koɲã] n. four years back

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨcè] n. small bamboo cup used for measuring rice or millet

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[lii] v. challenge, as in potlatch

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

[luɉa] v. finish speaking; conclude

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[lɨmĩ alló] n. lateral melleolus bone

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[maã] v. creep; grow along the ground or other surface by means of extending stems or branches (as creepers do)

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[miɁ] v. get extinguished (of fire or light)

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[more pai] n. laughing thrush

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[mɨcu] n. fire accident, esp. burning down house (s)

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[mɨmjó] v. do something in advance

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[mɨxeɁ] v. make somebody cry

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[mɨxu] v. demarcate; delineate; separate

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[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nɨsĩ-nɨmã] n. flora; plants

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[néesu] n. wrestling

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[pakã] v. defer or postpone

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[pape] n. gap; intervening gap

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[papi] n. wood chip

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[paxɨ] v. kill by cutting

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[paì] n. a variety of bird

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[puju] n. news

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Dialect: var. pwyu

[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[ŋɨpa] pron. for me

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[rade emo] n. a late ripening variety of paddy

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[se] v. pull

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[simbja] n. balcony in a traditional house

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Dialect: var. siñbya

[suʎu] adj. empty (of feeling)

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[supũ tarɨ] n. traditional dress for ceremonial occasions

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[sɨ] v. die

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[sɨɨ ixa] n. cow dung

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tabè] n. a variety of tree of palm family, the trunk of which is edible

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[tadǝr] n. a bamboo species (Pleioblastus simonii)

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[tahã-siɁ] n. mongoose

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[tamjó] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of black colour but a white patch running from the head to the tail at the back

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[taja rara] adj. quite; deserted

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[toɁ] v. descend; go down; climb down

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[tur] v. be alive

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Dialect: var. tor

[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[uusǝr] n. exit of a hole

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Dialect: ant. uunw

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[ɨrɨɨ] n. horn

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Dialect: syn. arww; swrww

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

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[xapo] n. bamboo rack above the fireplace

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[xeɁpaɁ] v. undress; take dress off

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[xõdã] n. front or back wall of a house

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Dialect: syn. piñdañ

[jaɉuɁ] n. ladle

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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