Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abã] v. bury (esp. in ash)

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[aʎí-jasì] n. weather; climate

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[ahi ácì] n. toothache

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[akì tapúu] n. dog of white color

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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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[alì] n. leg

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[amí] n. elder sister (term of reference)

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[araɁ] v. tie

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[arè] adj. loose; not fixed tightly or firmly

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajò lɨpá] n. midnight

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[aì] adj. raw; uncooked

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[bilã abíi] n. Red and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[carxɨ] v. boil properly; boil fully

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[cuɁ] v. spit; expectorate

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[daɁʎa] v. wait (standing); halt; pause

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[daɲi riilaɁ] n. sunray

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[diɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. didu

[dotɨ] n. sky

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Dialect: syn. mwdóo; yapuñ

[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨri] n. purchase of food in times of scarcity or in anticipation of scarcity

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[díi] v. plant; transplant; implant

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[empjã sudu] n. bamboo container to store grains for poultry

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[gõpjã] v. close mouth

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Dialect: ant. goñko’ syn. goñpiñ

[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[gɨɨpɨ] n. goiter

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[gjáa] v. spread (esp. seeds or sand by throwing)

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[haapa] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haafañ, zipa

[harti] n. rust

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Dialect: syn. marlañ

[hẽsǝr] adj. not having any burden or impediment

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[hiile] v. smile smugly; simper; smile coquettishly; grin

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[icu] adj. few; some; scant; meagre

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Dialect: syn. ice

[katì] v. review; re-examine; re-evaluate

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[kaxɨ̃-kamɨ̃] adv. look with confusion; unsatisfactory; disagreeable

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[kẽ] v. injure; cause pain or discomfort

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[laɁpó kupù] n. biceps; muscle on the arm

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[lãgja] adj. (dog) with a white neck

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[lobjoɁ tɨre] n. a variety of thorny plant

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Dialect: syn. lobyo’ tare

[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[lɨɨbũ] n. unnatural death, of a woman

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[lɨxɨ̃] n. dirt on the feet

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[metɨ] n. a ritual performed to protect plants from Pyodu Bwzi, the God of Famine

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[miʎa bariɁ] n. whirlwind

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Dialect: syn. ro bari’

[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[muku kuli] n. seed of tobacco plant

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨʎu] v. waste; spend

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[nakó] n. portion of village (esp. the lower one)

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Dialect: ant. nami

[nitĩ] n. proverb

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Dialect: syn. nitiñ-hormiñ

[paapɨ] n. a distinct plot in a vegetable garden

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[papù aʎò] n. egg white

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[poli] n. seed

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[pombo laso] n. a variety of insect with long limbs

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[pũtu] adj. hump; ridge; bulge; swelling

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Dialect: ant. paka’

[pɨtĩ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. tapi’ qwwla; qwwla

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

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[pjú] v. beguile; entice; lure

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[pá] v. stack; heap up; pile up

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[reŋe] adj. tired

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Dialect: var. reqw

[riimi] n. spider

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Dialect: var. riñbi syn. wci riimi

[rimjoɁ-riso] adj. striped; streaked; variegated

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Dialect: syn. ripó-rilo

[rɨgɨ-raga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. cwgw-caga

[santú tero] n. a variety of wild pepper

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[siɲiɁ tasĩ] n. a variety of small sized larvae

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[suʎiɁ sume] adj. crooked; dishonest; untrustworthy

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[taʎũ] n. tapeworm larvae

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[taʎí] adv. sarcastic; ironic; sneering

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[talɨ́] n. unnatural death

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[Tanɨ miju] n. Apatani people

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tarò] v. listen secretly; eavesdrop

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[tasǝr] n. variety of cane

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[to] v. pour

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Dialect: syn. tii

[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ukó simbja] n. rear balcony

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[une] n. wound

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[ɨŋa] n. baby

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[xɨɉã-xɨro] n. bowels

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[xɨlã] n. a variety of red-brown squirrel

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲibu] n. Apatani shaman

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[ácì] adv. very; to a high degree

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[ájò jooʎã lɨpa] n. midnight

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