Apatani English

[abba-apá] n. ancestor; forefather; progenitor

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[agoo imiɁ] n. hearth towards the front of the house

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[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[appú] n. flower

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[arã nanɨ] n. cork; bottle stopper; an object to seal a container

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[atɨɁ] v. keep; store; retain; hold on to

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[axɨ harnɨ̃] n. diarrhea

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[ajò] n. night

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[aíi] n. blood

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[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

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[buudu-buugjá] n. household articles

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[bɨlu-bɨlaɁ] adv. hurriedly; suddenly

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[cãcã] adj. cold (to the touch); chilly; gelid

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[damĩda] n. a variety of Apatani traditional dance, accompanied by bwsí

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[deɁgo] n. crack

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[diikoɁ] n. hard soil; lumps of soil

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dɨnɨ paʎo] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[dɨrã] n. principal marriage gift to bride’s parent; one who gets such marriage gift

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[ẽɉã] n. rainy season

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Dialect: etym. eñdi+ ajañ

[ʎaɁ] v. burn; singe; smolder

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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[horku] adj. slanting; squinting

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[imo] n. paddy

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Dialect: var. emo

[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ɉeɁ] v. soften; become tender on cooked

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉiɉi ɉixo] adj. dark blue

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[kami-kami] adv. in front of one’s eye

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[katè] v. visit; go to see; look around

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[kebaɁ-kela] v. hug or embrace in an intimate way; hug in a playful way

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[kẽte] n. quilt (traditionally made of several pieces of sewn-together fabric)

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[laɁbú] v. quickly wash one’s hand

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[laalĩ] v. take out

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[laŋu] n. neck

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[leɁpì] n. Chinese green onion (Allium fistulosum)

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Dialect: syn. tale’; twle’

[lɨgeɁ] n. popliteal space; hollow of the knee

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[miɁla] n. tear

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨmĩ-mɨhĩ] v. do something without a purpose

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[mɨmjaɁ] v. smudge; smear

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[mɨra] n. effigy in an agricultural field to scare away birds

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mjobju] n. earthquake

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Dialect: syn. myobu hu’nwñ

[naɁbu-gõbu] adj. pouting; swollen (esp. around the mouth)

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[narɨ ahì] n. lemon

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[niti] adj. new

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[nõ] v. call (esp. an animal)

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[parda] adj. straight; honest; linear; not bent

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[popǝr] n. butterfly

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[purò] adj. big (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. puzó

[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[pjar] v. fold; braid

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[pju] v. move to and fro (esp. a post)

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[pjuɁ] v. sell

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[raɁpo] v. tie on something; strap

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Dialect: syn. rw’po

[reɁke ubúu] n. the opening to give access to the ceiling space

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[roɁpi] n. a ritual of repentance after accidental killing of certain animals or human

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[rupĩ] n. earring

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[subu] n. mithun; bos frontalis

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[sukũ] n. well; spring

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tapo] n. a variety of hardwood tree

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tuu] v. pick up

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[tɨɁli tɨɁli] adv. frequently; again and again; over and over again

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[tɨrɨ huuʎiɁ] n. a variety of green grasshopper

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[tù] v. push

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[túhɨ-túxeɁ] v. kick to and fro with the limb

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[uugũ] n. entrance of a hole

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[ɲibo] n. guest

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[álù] adj. busy

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