Apatani English

[abju] v. move; shake; flutter; budge

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[aʎiɁ asiɁ] n. cage for pig

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[aháa duɁ] n. heartbeat

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[akì durgu] n. wooden trough for feeding dogs

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[alì innánɨ] n. stilt; pair of pole equipped with footrest to enable a person to walk at a height from the ground

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arcì] v. roll

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[arì] v. demarcate; delimit; delineate

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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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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[bar] v. carry something with a horizontal bar or a rod

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[bɨleɁ] adj. slippery; oily; greasy; slimy

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Dialect: syn. tule’

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bìi] v. move to and fro; swing; oscillate

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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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[doosiɁ] v. sleep together with head in opposite direction

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Dialect: ant. doopw’

[ẽbĩ] n. husked rice

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[ẽku] n. paddy of previous harvest

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[ʎijoɁ] n. portion of meat which is the extra fat covering of the stomach

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[gòo] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ

[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[heɁ] v. blow (as wind)

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[heʎa] v. have patience; have endurance

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[hẽdi] adj. thoughtful

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[hiɁ] v. feel; search with hand

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[hukɨ-makɨ] adj. impulsive; impetuous; reckless

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[hɨbjɨ] n. bamboo branch

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[húì] v. fall

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

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[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉixe tarɨ] n. a kind of shirt (esp. for males)

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[kapjo] adj. good looking; beautiful

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Dialect: ant. karu

[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kɨmì] n. poison (esp. of snake); snake venom

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Dialect: var. kwmè

[laɁcã] n. ring

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[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lwrw lorw’

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

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[luti] v. say again; repeat speaking; reiterate; restate

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨmĩ lahĩ] n. blessing; gift (esp. of prosperity, wisdom or knowledge)

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[lɨrɨ lorɨɁ] n. joint

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Dialect: syn. lorw’

[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[mataɁ] adj. flat

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Dialect: syn. me’ta’

[miɉiɁ lãcu] n. Adam’s apple

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[mɨhù] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. ahú

[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mja] v. collect contributions; collect

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Dialect: syn. xa

[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[oo] letter name o the letter representing o in the Apatani alphabet

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[oho ɲimɨ] n. daughter

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[paroɁ papúu] n. white chicken

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pasǝr] n. extra; remainder

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[pemiɁ] v. put off (light)

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[piruɁ jagɨ] n. a variety of cane basket

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[pǝrǝ] n. traditional spinning wheel used to wind yarn into balls

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Dialect: syn. tano pvrv

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

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwzi’

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

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[reɁke] n. ceiling

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[roɁpo] n. cock

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Dialect: ant. ro’nw

[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨgĩ] n. an element of gwrw (trap)

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[sardĩ] v. take a short cut

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[seja hamã] n. Chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨʎĩ sɨro] n. now a days; these days

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[tabjò] v. be attracted on listening

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[tacì] n. crab

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[taruɁ] n. ant

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[taxɨɁ] n. head louse

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[tãgɨ] adj. drunk; inebriated

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[taú] n. descriptive term for mithun bull with color pattern of dark brown color with while in the lower parts of the limbs

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[tipi] n. thumb impression

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

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[tɨŋá] n. fruit

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[une cẽxo] n. crust over a wound

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[uskul] n. school

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Dialect: or. English syn. wskul

[ɨpɨɁ nanɨ] n. broom

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[jorko] n. lower portion of a hill

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Dialect: ant. yordiñ

[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[áɉù-amjò] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. ájùu-amyò

[álù] n. task

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