Apatani English

[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aʎóo kõsò] n. mantis

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[alì arã] n. bottom; base; lower part

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[asó] n. length

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

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[baʎa] n. slope; slant; downslope

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[busã tabú] n. a variety of snake; Green Ratsnake (Senticolis triaspis) var. bwsañ tabú

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Dialect: var. bwsañ tabú

[bjaaɲó] adj. narrow (esp. of path)

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[búu] v. give birth to var. bww

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Dialect: var. bww

[ceɁ] v. cut (as with scissor)

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[cicĩ] n. loin loom

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

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[daɲopa] adv. aimlessly

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[ditũ] n. social event; occasion

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Dialect: syn. dituñ-potuñ

[dɨŋó] n. left-over food

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[ʎaɁ] v. lick

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[ʎagja] adj. usual; normal; habitual; customary

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[ʎãso] n. metallic skewer

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Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[gaɁti] v. hold tightly

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[gasu] v. have verbal quarrel

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[gordu] n. worth; merit; caliber

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[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[guɁpi] v. lie face down

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[hulaɁ] n. aerial yam (Dioscorea bulbifera)

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[hár] v. run; drive (a vehicle)

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[igɨ] n. evil spirits

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[ixa] n. excreta (esp. of animals)

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[ɉo] v. lift; carry

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[ɉoɉo roɁpo] n. a kind of a small bird

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[kaɉi tĩ] v. sneeze

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[kẽte abíi] n. a variety of skirt of black and white color

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[koha] num. nine

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kubu] n. rat; mouse

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[laɁso goɁhe] n. one unit of la’so, equivalent to the distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger

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[lamuɁ-laju] adj. pinkish (color)

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[lãcã] adj. red

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

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[lɨgju] n. claw

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[lɨke] n. a loop of rope used for climbing trees

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[mombati] n. candle

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[mɨcǝr] adv. innovatively; ingenuously

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[mɨgeɁ] n. pincers, usually of bamboo

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[mɨkú-mɨdĩ] v. make noise

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[nane] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nama

[nunuka] pron. your (plural)

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨrɨɁ] adj. adequate

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[para] v. crawl in

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Dialect: ant. parliñ

[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[pi] v. slice or saw

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[pili] n. playground; open field

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[pilá] n. rice porridge

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[pohiɁ] v. caress; pet; fondle; stroke

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Dialect: syn. pohi’-poso etym. po (hug) + hi’ (frisk)

[pukũ] n. an occasion during Muruñ festival on which the relatives contribute rice to the sponsor

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[pɨta atúu] n. chicks of birds

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[ŋɨɲì] pron. we two; first person dual pronoun

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[ra] v. build (a structure); construct; fabricate

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[rilɨɁ] v. throw in

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[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[rui] n. ear wax

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Dialect: syn. yarú rui

[rɨ] v. stagnate (as do the water)

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[rɨbóda] n. three days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwbó alo

[rɨme] n. Nepalese alder (Alnus nepalensis)

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[sabɨ] n. officer; a dignified person

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sar] v. denigrate; criticise; disparage

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[sarse pɨɲu] n. wooden spoon used while frying millet

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[sã] v. push or stuff something

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[some] n. palm civet

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[sor] v. complain; protest

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[sɨɨ hɨnɨ] n. cow

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[taɁmò] n. a variety of tree; Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis/Rhus semialata)

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tanoɁ] n. snot

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[tape] n. pumpkin

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Dialect: syn. e’pe; ayó twpe

[tapi] n. a variety of cane

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[tapĩ] n. ice

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Dialect: var. twpiñ

[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[tẽ] v. touch (esp. with finger)

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[tihxo] adj. too much sweet or salty

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[tumbu ude] n. tent

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[ɨɨ] letter name w ɯɯ the letter representing ɯ in the Apatani alphabet

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[ɨdã] n. spear

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Dialect: var. adañ

[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨtĩ] v. compare

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[jamu mɨʎo] n. flame

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[japĩ tɨpe] n. tattoo on the nose

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

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[jasi] n. water

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jugjã] n. ritual altar of the Apatanis

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Dialect: syn. agyañ