Apatani English

[abba-axá] n. man (esp. married man); adult man

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[abuɁ] v. coddled; pampered

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[abuɁsɨla] adv. indulgently

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[ací] n. elder brother’s wife (term of address)

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[aʎiɁ jo] n. pork

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[agɨ] v. dress; clothe; put on dress

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[ahi pyoɁsu] v. brush one’s teeth

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[ahĩ] n. gold

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[alɨɁ] v. insert; put

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[amu] n. yield; production; quantity (crop)

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[babó] n. ceremonial pole of the Apatanis erected on the eve of the Myoko festivals

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[barxoɁ] v. straddle; sit straddling a seat; bestride

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[bijã] n. girdle (esp. of female used to hold the skirt)

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[buutũ] n. a person who remains bachelor

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[bɨrĩ] n. python (Python molurus)

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[cĩ] v. know; comprehend; understand

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[cuha] v. plunge; plummet; nosedive

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[culu] n. a variety of children’s game

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[dacã pɨcã] n. metallic pot

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[diiʎã pákù] n. Mountain Imperial Pigeon (Ducula badia)

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[dimpu] n. white hair

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[dĩtuɁ] v. comb

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[eʎã] n. ear of grain

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[guriɁ] v. get up; stand up

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Dialect: syn. bari’

[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[hiɁka] v. frisk

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[hɨraɁ] adv. again; once more

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[hɨɲã] v. be shy

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[ɉaapaɁ] v. toss away

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Dialect: syn. jarpa’

[ɉalo] conj. although; even if; or

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[ɉimǝr] pron. all; whole

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Dialect: syn. mwlañ

[kaŋu-kare] v. discriminate; be biased against; be prejudiced against

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[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[laɁkuɁ kǝrǝ] n. mole; a small burrowing insectivorous mammal

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lɨci] n. left (leg)

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[mẽdɨ] n. buffalo

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[muɁ] v. blow (air)

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[murpa sai] n. fog in the horizons that is usually associated with the advent of Myoko festival in March

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[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨpur] v. break something

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[mɨsɨ] n. task; things to do

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[mɨxa] v. compete; challenge; contend with; vie with

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[mɨjo] v. mix; blend

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[mjole] n. an element of ritual altar

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[nẽdú] n. sesame (Sesamum indicum)

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Dialect: var. niñdú

[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[padĩ sɨko] n. confluence of two or more streams

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

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[paroɁ pɨri] n. chicken coop

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pataɁ ude] n. house with roof of bamboo split

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[peɁ] v. tuck something in; insert

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[pulu] adj. white

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[pɨra] adj. infertile (of egg)

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[raɉi] n. plastic

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[saaxu] n. pine cone

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[salĩ] v. expel out

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[sãgo tape] n. a kind of bead

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[sãxã meʎã] n. a variety of fencing plant; privet (Ligustrum ovalifolium)

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. tasiñ siñbo

[sikũ-siri] adj. wrinkled; crinkled

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[subu ɲaaɲi] n. lichen around bamboo nodes

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨcúr] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcú

[sɨɨ lutɨ] n. grazing ground

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

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[sù] v. rear; breed; bring up; nurture

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[takĩ] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ za’co

[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tolĩ] v. pour something out

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Dialect: ant. tolw’

[tuuli] n. post; pillar

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[tɨdɨ] adj. short

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Dialect: ant. wbyo’

[uurã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. aarañ ant. uuxa’

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨɨtɨ] n. ascites

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[jalã pɨro] n. a small egg container of bamboo

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[japjo] n. winnower

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[jo asóo] n. strips of smoke preserved pork

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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