Apatani English

[adĩ] v. add; include; incorporate; admix

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[ahì] n. fruit

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[ama] n. mother (term of address)

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Dialect: syn. ane

[barr] v. chant in a loud manner as when performing some traditional Apatani rituals

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[bũ] v. crowd

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[bɨʎoɁ] adj. nearby; near

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨɨ] v. hold; keep; own

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Dialect: var. buu

[bjaɲó] adj. small (esp. of flower)

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[cahiɁ] adj. miserly

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[cãdɨ metɨ] n. an agricultural ritual of the Apatanis

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[cuuku] adj. upside down

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[damu] n. wooden digging stick used as an agricultural implement

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[doomu] adj. cloudy; overcast

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[dɨpjó] v. eat first

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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

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[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaŋu] n. mouth harp

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[gehe] v. yawn

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[go] v. fly; soar

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[golu] v. lie

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gju-gjuro] n. trachea

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[haadɨ] n. anger

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[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[harbaɁ] v. hug; embrace

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[hẽpũ-hẽka] v. be confused

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[icu-abu] n. quantity

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[iŋè] n. a variety of taro

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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

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[korlã] n. thunderbolt; ritual performed to prevent thunderbolt

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[kɨɉĩ] v. stretch on tiptoe

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[leɁca] n. cane havershack covered with fibres from the bark of a particular tree worn during jungle expeditions or during war-related rituals

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[lukuɁ] n. shoe

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[lulaɁ] adj. good speaker

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[lurù] adj. stubborn; obstinate; recalcitrant; difficult to speak

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[lɨpĩ] n. upper portion of the foot

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[manɨ perũ] n. a variety of bean; French bean

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[miɁbeɁ] v. blink; wink

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[Misã bjako] n. yellow berried nightshade (Solanum xanthocarpum)

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Dialect: syn. swtw byako

[moru] n. cheek

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[mukú-mɨi] n. deposits of carbon particle from smoke

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[mɨbjaɁ] v. hurt by causing burns

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨmeɁ] v. initiate

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[mɨpjó] v. do something secretly

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[mɨsuɁ] v. separate; disconnect; detach

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nãlò] v. push something down

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Dialect: var. nalò

[niti] adj. new

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[nɨmopa] pron. why

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Dialect: var. nwmpa syn. nwtepa

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

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[oɲiɁ-rɨɲiɁ] adj. cute; small and beautiful

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[pu] v. make; create; manufacture

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket

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[pɨsa] n. pine

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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[pɨxo] n. maize cob

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[pjarmo] n. feathers, usually of leaves, of an arrow; fletching

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[púlĩ] v. flower; bloom; blossom

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[ŋar] v. laugh; smile

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[ŋarka] v. smile

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rori] n. spectacles; eyeglasses

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[rɨɁ] v. cut into pieces with sawing or slicing movement

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[se] v. pull

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[sɨrã] n. post; pole; pillar

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨtɨ ahi] n. elephant tusk

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[sɨɲã-sɨlò] adv. now a days; these days

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[tai belã] n. a variety of acacia tree usually used for hedges

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[Tanɨ agũ] n. Apatani language

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[tũ] v. imprison; confine; hold captive

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[ura imiɁ] n. second hearth towards the back of the house

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[xaarũ agjã] n. altars for the xaruñ god

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[xɨ] num. six

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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

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[jamu] n. fire

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[jarú] n. ear

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[jasi anɨ] n. water beetle

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Dialect: syn. cuuzi

[jaxã] n. large liquid container of bamboo wicker whose inner lining is coated with rubber

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[jorsã] n. green chili

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲaŋe] n. one year

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[ɲimaɁ] n. war; enemy

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[ɲime-jaru] n. rainbow

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