Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abiɁ] adj. complete

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[abíi] n. lower garment whether skirt or pant

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[ageɁ] n. quiver

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[akì asiɁ] n. kennel; shelter for a dog

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[amiɁ nuri] n. pupil

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[ata] n. aunt (term of address)

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[bǝǝ] letter name b the letter representing b in the Apatani alphabet

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

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁce] v. crack; split; rapture

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[beeɲì] n. term of address for two audience; term of reference for two persons

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[biɉe lẽda] n. path leading to or inside the bamboo garden

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[bĩ] v. uproot (as of weed)

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjurɨ-bjarɨ] adj. dirty; unappetizing; messy

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Dialect: syn. ulu-byalu

[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[cigu] n. source (of a stream)

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[cuu] v. move with head forward

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[cuuxa] n. small bamboo container over the fireplace

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[daɁreɁke] n. lower rack over the fireplace

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Dialect: syn. daare’ re’ke

[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[ʎoɁro] n. sharp edge of the sword

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[genda hamã] n. Redflower Ragleaf; Fireweed (Crassocephalum crepidioides)

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Dialect: syn. hafañ hamañ

[gɨ] v. wear clothing; pregnant; bear (fruit or leaves, of a tree)

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gja] v. dry (as of liquid)

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[haasǝr] n. the internodal part of a bamboo

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[haajã] n. pulp; core; inner position

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hilu] n. gum

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[huli] n. boil; pimple

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[hɨgũ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; Japanese parsley (Oenanthe javanica)

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[hóo] v. feed (esp. an animal)

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[hùu] v. be fatty (as pork might get); be oily

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[ɉeɁɉeɁ] adj. soft due to cooking too much

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[ɉeɁta] adj. flattened

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[kadú] v. look upwards

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[karda-bjaɲi alo] n. Friday

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

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

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[kone kõtɨ] adv. only one; lonely

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Dialect: syn. akó koñtw

[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[koju tapjo] n. coccyx; tail bone

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[kɨle pemu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

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Dialect: syn. kwle peñbu

[laatu] v. catch; seize; intercept

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[lãpɨɁ] n. shelter; camp (esp. in the jungles)

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[leɁtaɁ] n. animal skin rug used as a mat

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[li] v. sow; seed; broadcast

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨŋǝr] n. ankle

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[mogo alló] n. cheekbone

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[narũ] n. fencing (esp. of bamboo garden)

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[paɁca] v. toss up

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Dialect: ant. pa’lo

[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[poɁtũ pèerũ] n. a variety of bean

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Dialect: syn. amú pèeruñ

[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pota] n. paper

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[pɨcã paakuɁ] n. kitchen utensils

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Dialect: syn. pwcañ swdu

[pɨdiɁ] n. fart

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[pɨdǝr] v. toss; lob

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[pjã] v. swell, as of wound

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Dialect: syn. gòobu

[riibu] n. a variety of fish; eel

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[rũtì] v. crouch with heads lowered

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[rɨɉã] n. a bamboo species (Chimonobambusa sp.)

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[rò] v. spy; observe furtively; keep an eye on

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[saɁrĩ] n. cough

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[sanɨ] n. tree

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[sãpǝr] n. a variety of fruit used as a spice

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[ta] v. listen; hear

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[taaxè] v. lie on one’s back; lie supine

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tapɨ] n. an element of loin loom in the form of a rod used to tighten the threads while weaving

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[tapúu] adj. a color pattern of a mithun, of overall white color

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Dialect: syn. yapúu

[tase] n. sago palm; tree fern (Cyathea gigantea)

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[tasĩ pɨha] n. a variety of bamboo basket used for carrying vegetables or edible aquatic insects

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[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tor] v. unfurl (of flag); spread

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[tɨgeɁ] adj. sticky

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[xɨɨnɨ] n. navel

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

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[jarlo] v. calm someone down

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[jopo] n. cane basket

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ

[ɲuu] v. prod as with a needle

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[ácì-ahè] n. ailment; suffering

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[áɉù] n. appearance; image

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Dialect: syn. kájù

[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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