Apatani English

[abã] n. burning pain

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[abã] n. elder brother

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[aceɁ] adj. narrow; tight

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[acáa] v. put up; erect

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[ado] n. stalk; main stem of a herbaceous plant

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[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[aʎĩ daʎi] n. afternoon

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[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[aníi] n. fruit bud

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[asɨɁ] v. bite

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[ajò] n. night

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[coʎo pakaɁ] n. small metallic plate, esp. to serve side dishes

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[daruu] n. summer

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[daɲi tatɨɁ arnɨɁ] n. solar eclipse

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[daɲo] adj. without reason; aimless

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[dĩ nanɨ] n. pillow; headrest

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Dialect: syn. garu

[doha-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. dodiñ-dolo

[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[dɨxuɁ] n. left over food

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[endi] n. rice plant; rice seedling

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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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[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[gorbã] n. shoulder

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[gɨrɨ] n. spring action noose trap

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[gjoi tabú] n. common Indian monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)

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Dialect: var. goi tabú

[haasĩ] v. dry (esp. over a fire)

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[haaja piɁ] v. starve

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[heŋa-hẽxa] adj. troublesome; worrisome; bagging; distressing

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[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[iju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. koyu

[ijuɁ] n. an ailment in which a person loses appetite, believed to be caused by somebody’s property, esp. ginger plants growing in somebody else’s garden

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[ɉu] v. winnow

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[kadǝr] v. recognize properly; look properly; identify

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[kaɉiɁ] adj. good to look at; good

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[kakĩ-tajĩ] adv. showy

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[kapaɁ] v. ignore; disregard; pay no heed to

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[kẽte puʎe] n. a variety of shawl usually made by stitching togethe discarded clothes

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[kormu] n. grasshopper var. kurmu

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[ku] v. ask for; beg; seek; request; solicit

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[kɨsã-kɨsò] n. a variety of semi-aquatic mammal

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[laɁdu] n. a forearm span; a unit of measurement equivalent to the length of a forearm

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[laɁpĩ] n. back of the hand

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[lobú] n. a part of loin loom

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[loɲãdà] n. two years hence

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[lɨnɨ] n. big toe

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[milã] n. a variety of weed usually in the paddy fields

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[mɨpu] v. do something inadvertently; commit mistake

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[mɨri-mɨɲa] adj. tiny; miniscule

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[mɨɨ] v. heal

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[nãkoɁ] v. push open

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[neha appú] n. primrose (Primula spp.)

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Dialect: syn. bagañ rizo

[pǝǝ] letter name p the letter representing p in the Apatani alphabet

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[pace] n. the other side

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[padɨɁ] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’ hamañ

[pakã] n. goose

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[patúu-papo] v. hack something into several pieces

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[pẽ] v. mature; come of age; be full-grown

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[poɁna pilá] n. porridge with fermented rice or millet

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[por] v. cut as in longitudinally dividing a bamboo into two

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[pɨbjɨ] adj. cunning, clever, quick

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[pɨdi pɨɲiɁ] n. watch hut in the paddy fields

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Dialect: syn. pwdi pwfi’

[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pjoɁce] v. detach something to divide into two

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[rimi-romo] adj. innocent; confused

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[runɨ] n. madman; lunatic; maniac

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Dialect: var. ronw

[sadi-sapa] n. plantation

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[sadǝr] n. conical shaped bamboo filter

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Dialect: syn. o sadvr

[saʎó] n. a variety of tree; Fragrant Himalayan Champaka (Michelia champaca)

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[saiklo] v. bicycle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[takoɁ] n. dirt

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[takǝr] n. sputum

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Dialect: var. cukvr

[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tarú] n. mosquito

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[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[taɲiɁ] n. corn

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[teɁ] v. cut (esp. bushes)

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[tuupo] n. a plant whole upper portion has been removed

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[tùdaɁ] v. place or push something upright

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[xõcã] n. corner

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[xuu] adj. old

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[xɨɁ] v. prod; pound

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[jagɨ] n. cane or bamboo basket

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[jalu-jabja] n. stylish; fashionable

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[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jar] v. persuade; coax; convince; win over

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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[ɲar] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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