Apatani English

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[apĩ pɨcã] n. pot for cooking rice

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[apɨ-asó] n. area; dimension

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[bai-bala] adj. haughty; contemptous; disparaging

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[belũ] n. friend; audience (term of reference)

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[bɨlɨ] adj. loose (as of a tooth or a post)

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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[bjací] adj. smart; quick; agile

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Dialect: syn. cibyw

[bjako] n. common term for berries

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[cãtɨ] n. earth

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

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

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[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dema úì] n. evil spirit

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[diì] v. detach; peel

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[duɁ] v. offer something for sale; market

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

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[dɨri-hulo] n. prosperity (in terms of number of children)

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[gora] n. horse

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[horʎiɁ] v. look obliquely

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[huɁpaɁ-huɁja] adj. lavish; extravagant

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[hù] v. prick; stab

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[iɉuɁ] n. weak; coward

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[kalɨ-kaha] v. estimate; appear

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[kaxaɁ] v. disapprove something; dislike; reject

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

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[koku dɨru] adj. bulky; oversized; massive; cumbersome

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[koso] adj. lengthwise; placed lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. kopw

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[laɁhe] v. beckon by waving the hand

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[laɁpã tuli] n. post of là’pañ

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[lobjã] n. full day; day long

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Dialect: ant. lopo

[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lumur] v. speak wrongly; say something by mistake

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[lurɨɁ] v. converse; talk

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[lɨdu] n. heel

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[mocuɁ] v. kiss

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[mokaɁ] adj. sunken (as of face)

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Dialect: etym. zi’mo (face) + paka’ (dent)

[mɨciɁ] v. hurt the eye

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨteɁ] v. knock down something

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[mɨtù] v. do something for the first time

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[narpaɁ] v. lend; loan

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[nekã aʎeɁ] n. door of the toilet

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[nelĩ] v. send somebody out

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Dialect: ant. nelw’

[nu] v. collect; accumulate; assemble; stockpile

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[nunupa] pron. for you (plural); second person plural pronoun, purpostive case

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[pahĩ] n. liver

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[parɨ] v. rotate

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pesuɁ] n. hornbill

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[pike] n. a spicy traditional dish

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[poxe] n. a variety of beer considered inferior in quality

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[pɨɉe] n. June; seventh lunar month of the year

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[pɨtĩ] n. an open space

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[pjoɁlo] adj. prominent; illustrious; distinguished; notable

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[pjoɁxoɁ] v. have a different opinion

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[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋoɁɲó] adj. small (plot of land)

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Dialect: ant. qo’rò

[ratĩ] v. answer appropriately; silence a query

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[reɁ] v. shave; scrape

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[rugu] v. take care of security; guard

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[sãtĩ] adj. of same age; contemporary

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siizi’

[sijo] n. this night; tonight

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨha] n. cane rope

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Dialect: var. saha

[taɁɲó] adj. small (of flat objects); thin; narrow

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[tamiɁ] n. fly (Diptera)

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[túpiɁ] v. break something fragile by kicking

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

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[xaa] v. collect; collect contributions

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Dialect: syn. mya

[xaŋe ʎãge] n. water scorpion (Nepidae)

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[xẽɉiɁ] n. temple

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Dialect: var. xezi’

[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[xɨɁkoɁ] v. unbolt

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[ɲatu] n. resting place

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[ɲaɲiɁ] n. honey

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Dialect: syn. zazo

[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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