Apatani English

[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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

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[agjá] v. to place one’s hand(s) with palms facing upwards, as when receiving something.

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[ahi daktor] n. dentist

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[ahu-apo] n. body; torso

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Dialect: syn. ahu

[ahú] v. wake up; rouse

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Dialect: syn. mwhù

[aɉã-bɨɲǝ] adj. fragile; soft; tender

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[akì-paroɁ] n. domestic animals

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[alíi] v. bury

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[alóo xuu] n. inherited property (esp. house plot)

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[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[arcì] v. roll

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[attuɁ nanɨ] n. lid used for closing a container

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[baro-maɲã] n. traditional friends (esp. of other community or of far away places)

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[biɉe biiɲiɁ] n. small sized bamboo

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[bɨɲã] n. last year

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[bjáa] v. roast; grill

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[deʎã-rɨcã] n. bell used by priest during rituals

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[dempjo] n. mouse

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[diipe] n. spade

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[dɨxuɁ-tãxuɁ] n. left over eatables

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[ʎiɁla] n. the legs of the pigs sacrificed during Myoko which are usually presented to the cousins

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[gartú] adj. small (as a field)

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Dialect: ant. gaarò

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[hoã] n. back (anatomy)

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Dialect: syn. huañ

[hua] v. fall into something

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[huʎu] n. bamboo javelin

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[hurtaɁ] n. wooden board used for filtering rice water from the cooking pot

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[ĩgo] n. task; obligation to go

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[ĩgja] n. space between the fireplace and the side wall of a traditional house

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[kaʎã́] adj. equal; same

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[kaɉi] n. a variety of traditional dish

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kopaɁ] v. throw away (from the mouth)

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

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[kõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. goñcì

[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[laɁpù] v. close the hand to make a fist

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[laɁta] v. open the hand; unclench the fist

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[lako-lape] v. exchange; interchange; keep something in disorderly fashion

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lãpru] n. a protective armor, usually of cloth covering the neck

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[lukó-lupè] v. interrupt; create confusion

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[lɨkè] v. cross legs

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[lɨkè-lɨbè] v. twist one’s feet around

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[migĩ] n. expert hunter

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[miikɨ] adj. belonging to others; not own

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[mɨbiɁ] v. spill; splash

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[mɨdó bjoco] n. swallow

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[mjobja] adj. facing the sunny side

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Dialect: ant. myofi

[nuʎã] n. plain area; level ground

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[paʎa] adj. leaning; inclined; bent

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Dialect: syn. pafo’

[paroɁ roɁpo] n. cock; rooster

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[patuɁ] n. sharp edged stump of bamboo or other tree

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[patuɁ alɨɁ] v. put in the jail; imprison

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[pã] v. cook by steaming in bamboo

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[pĩta] n. rounded liquid container made from the hard hollowed and dried skin of gourd

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[potuɁ] n. photo

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[puri] v. read; study

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ŋarpa] v. laugh at; make fun of; ridicule

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[raʎúpjala] adj. absentminded; forgetful; distracted

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[ragjã] n. a pole of kwra tree used to carry the Myoko pig.

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[sa] n. rope

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[sãda] n. long wooden post that support a traditional house on both sides

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[sãsũ] adj. weedy

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[sãxã] n. border post

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[sɨcú] n. stag

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Dialect: syn. swcúr

[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[takũ putu] n. a lesser variety of Muruñ festival

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tano-gorgo] n. snail

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Dialect: var. tano-gogo

[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[taɲiɁ pamɨ] n. corn powder

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[tero] n. chili

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[xaɁce] v. split; break apart

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xeɁlĩ] v. take off; uncover

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Dialect: ant. xe’lw’

[xɨ] v. cost; value

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[xɨbo aɉĩ] n. ceremonial friend

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[xée] v. fry; roast

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[jo] n. meat

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲaŋo] n. five years

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[ɲiɁmo] n. face

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[ɲimɨ] n. female

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[áagjá] n. entrance; door

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Dialect: var. háagyá

[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[árè] v. wash (esp. interior of a pot)

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