Apatani English

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

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[abba-bãkũ] n. great-grandfather

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[aʎaɁ] v. lick; lap

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[aʎã pɨʎi] num. forty

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[akì dula] n. rope used to tie dogs; dog rope

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[alo] n. day

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[amu] n. hair

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[anɨ̀-ci] n. step mother

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[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apɨ] n. breadth

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[arlǝ] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: var. alvr

[axɨɁ-pataɁ] n. ribs, rib cage

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[baró] n. brother

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[bisǝr abíi] n. Black and white Apatani traditional skirt

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[bjakú] n. a child with developmental delay

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[bée] v. chant; invoke

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

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

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Dialect: syn. ciru’

[daɁ] v. stand; be there

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

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[deɁlo] n. frame of a basket, etc.

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[dɨme] n. famine; food shortage

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Dialect: syn. haaya-myoxa

[dɨɲo-mɨɲo] v. practice; rehearse

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[embĩ] n. uncooked, husked rice

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[empjaɁ] n. cotton; wool

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Dialect: var. impya’

[gaɁ] v. grasp; clutch; grip; grab

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[gaɁce] v. break by clutching something

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Dialect: ant. ga’po

[gi] v. operate a hinged door

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[haagja] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áagyá

[haatɨ] n. west

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Dialect: syn. dazi áago

[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[harɉeɁ] v. run over (esp. by a vehicle)

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[hoó] adj. spacious; roomy; capacious

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[kageɁ] v. look at

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[kaka-taka] v. take stock of; make enquiries

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[karpo-popi alo] n. Saturday

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[kelaɁ] adv. good in writing; skilled in writing

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[kokã] adj. late; lower

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Dialect: syn. kami

[laɁdu midĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du mwriñ

[lãhĩ] num. three hundred

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[lãku] adj. tilted, esp. the head

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Dialect: etym. láañ (from láaqú) + kù

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

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[lɨhĩ] n. toe nail

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[mepi hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; plantain (Plantago erosa)

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Dialect: syn. mepi

[mikì] adj. skilled; expert

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[muɁgo] n. outlet in a paddy field

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨɲò] v. drill (esp. exercise)

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[pacu] n. chick

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[paxo] n. narrow channel in the wet rice cultivation fields

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Dialect: syn. he’te’

[pajaɁ-gaajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’

[pepuɁ] n. mat; reed used for making mats (Phragmites karka)

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[pilá aláa] n. rice water

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[pĩciɁ] v. grasp something by pinching

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[pĩciɁ] n. mouse

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[pore o] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore

[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨnã] n. rice husk

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Dialect: syn. empw

[pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[pjà] v. destroy; dismantle

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rutĩ hɨrã] n. a variety of earring worn by women

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[ruu] v. chase away; drive away

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[rũgjaɁ] adj. crazy; mad; insane; not right in the head

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[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sãsũ] n. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sadi; salw

[sohte] v. roam; travel for fun

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[subu ipaɁ] n. mithun dung

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[taɁ] v. chop (as to split something)

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[taɁrò] adj. large (of flat objects); wide; broad

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Dialect: ant. ta’zó

[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tabu nɨmĩ] n. a variety of plant (Arisaema)

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[tabũ] n. smallpox

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[tadoɁ tasã] n. a variety of yellow beads

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Dialect: syn. tado’

[taɉǝr] n. a species of bamboo

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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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[tarsi] n. wall

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Dialect: var. tasi

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tɨpi-tɨpo] adj. neat; accurate

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[ǝǝ] letter name v ǝǝ the letter representing ǝ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xɨdĩ] v. add

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[jabĩ] n. a variety of bamboo (Cephalostachium capitatum)

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jasi pĩta] n. water bucket; water pot

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[jorxũ] n. Sichuan pepper

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Dialect: syn. yorxañ

[úì inɨ] n. one who can communicate with the god, esp. with spirits of dead ones

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