Apatani English

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[aháa pìitã] n. thirst

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[aku] n. uncle (esp. maternal) (Term of address) syn. nakú

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[alì] n. leg

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[ajóo ɲacù] n. upper lip

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[babĩ] adj. stark; bare, as of a field

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[bidĩ] n. ritual hunting of monkey prior to Myoko festival

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[burù] n. younger brother

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[bɨɉé bɨɉé] adj. many; in large numbers; profuse; copious

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[bjãtũ] adj. big and thick (esp. of flower)

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[caambjó] n. war; dispute; battle

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Dialect: syn. gyambo

[cɨgɨ-caga] adj. lean and thin

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Dialect: syn. rwgw-raga

[daareɁ reɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. da’re’ke

[dãlò] v. beat something down; cause to fall by beating

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Dialect: syn. dañte’

[diipe] n. spade

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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[gaarò] adj. large, as a field

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Dialect: ant. gartú

[genɨ nã] v. blame someone else for one’ own mistake

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[gikoɁ] v. open (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. gipiñ syn. gipyañ

[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[goiɁ] adj. whole; entire

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[haago] adj. vain; haughty; vainglorious

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[haapuɁ] n. diaphragm

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

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[ĩgjaɁ] v. astray; off course; go the wrong way

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[ɉabjò] n. outskirts, usually of a village

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[karɨɁ] v. meet; greet

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[kempa] int. interjection expressing sympathy

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[kooxeɁ alló] n. ilium bone

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

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[kupjuɁ] v. rinse (esp. a container like a pot)

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Dialect: syn. kupyu’ kusvr

[kóò bo] n. nephew

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[laŋe] num. hundred

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[lãɉã] n. base of the head; nape of the neck

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[lãxa] n. coop, as for poultry; shelter, as of a hunter in the tree

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[luʎe] v. slur one’s speech as when drunk

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[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[miha] n. boyfriend; male lover

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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

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[mɨsì] v. do something secretly

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nago] n. ritual hut in the middle of a village

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[nẽkeɁ] n. thirteenth lunar month of the year; December-January

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[nẽsu] v. jostle; scramble

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[nunukɨɁ] pron. yours; second person plural pronoun, genitive case

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

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[o pɨɲu] n. bamboo spoon used while cooking millet for preparation of liquor

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[paɁ] v. suspend or hang something with a string

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[paciɁ] n. an element of a rat trap

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[palɨɁ] n. de-weeding tool

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[peɁ] v. lay a trap; entrap; ensnare

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[pĩtú] v. lift something by pinching

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[poɁtũ] v. squat

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[pohaɁ] n. crow

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Dialect: var. puha’

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[purtú pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amu pèeruñ; po’tuñ pèeruñ

[putu] n. mountain

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[pɨlo harbjã] n. full moon

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[pjaɁmĩ puʎe] n. a variety of traditional shawl

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[pìtaɁ] v. slap; spank; hit; strike

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[ŋurlo] v. move down something heavy using lever

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[reɁbja] n. ladder

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Dialect: syn. abya

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

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[sala bortaɁ] n. cobra; King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)

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Dialect: var. sala burta’

[sarse] n. millet

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[sɨbi] n. monkey

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[sɨlo] n. today

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[sɨma] n. corpse

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[sɨpǝr] n. pond

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[taa] v. swim

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tagɨ] v. learn (by listening)

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[tapǝr] n. cane leaves used during ritual in Myoko festival

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[taju] n. wasp

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[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[tãru] adj. bad in taste (of drinks)

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Dialect: ant. tañpyo

[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[turcã] n. post; pillar

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Dialect: var. torcañ

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xɨɉã] n. small intestine

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[ɲoo] letter name z ɲoo the letter representing ɲ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɲaaɲiɁ aruɁ] n. honeycomb

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[áakũ] v. come together; gather

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[áamì atúu] n. kitten

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[ácì] v. have pain; suffer

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