Apatani English

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aɉĩ arã] n. bosom friend; confidante; alter ego

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[aɉǝr] v. to be playful as a dog waging its tail

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[akó] num. one; single

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amã] n. roof

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[ariɁ] v. choke; retch

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[arxeɁ] n. kidney

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[arò] n. morning; daybreak

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[asã] v. laud; praise; extol

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[axáa tajú] adj. mature; elderly

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[baarã] adj. interior (esp. location of a house)

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[batĩ] n. hedge; cattle barricade designed for humans to climb over it

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[be] v. fasten or tie

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[beɁpaɁ-beɁjaɁ] adj. reckless; impulsive; impetuous

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[belũku] pron. friends; audience (term of address)

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[bẽ] v. vocalize (esp. of animals and birds); chirp; warble; sing

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[biɉe] n. generic term for bamboo; bamboo species commonly cultivated by the Apatanis (Phyllostachys bambusoides)

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[buduɁ] v. sulk; get offended

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[burtaɁ] n. a variety of snake; cobra

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Dialect: var. borta’

[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨjo] adj. weedy; full of weed (of a field)

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[bjaací] n. space between the front verandah and the main space in an Apatani house

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Dialect: syn. byaarañ

[ceɁga] adj. argumentative; quarrelsome; belligerant; captious

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[ciɁ] v. hurl (as a javelin)

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[ciirɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. lwwrw

[coɁmjoɁ] adv. slowly; silently; stealthily

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

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[deŋe] n. hair (of a child)

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[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dɨnɨ-barnɨ] n. wives of brothers (term of reference)

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[dùusa] v. sit at a distance

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[ʎiɁkũ-ʎiri] adj. wrinkled; crease; pucker; crinkle

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[gjàa] v. cut, with an inward motion of the blade

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[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[haɁ] v. collect or catch (for example, fish from water)

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[hadɨ] n. anger

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[harlã] n. thigh

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[haspatǝr] n. hospital

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Dialect: or. English

[heɁ] v. dig (esp. with a tool)

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[hẽkur] v. regret; feel remorse for; be sorry about

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[hẽpjo] adj. happy, delighted

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[hiɁhɨ-hiɁxe] v. swivel around; wriggle; squirm

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[ho] n. and

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[huɁhɨ-huɁxe] v. shake to and fro

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[hubjú] n. sheath; scabbard

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[ĩdĩ-ĩkó] n. direction; way forward; way ahead

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[ĩɉó-mɨɉó] n. wage; earning

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[ɉiɉepa] adv. really; genuinely; honestly

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

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[lar] v. challenge; bet

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[lumù] v. speak in sleep

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[lupjuɁ] v. spread false and damaging statements about someone; defame; slander;

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Dialect: syn. lupyu’-lusu’

[lɨtaɁ] n. cockspur

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[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨlã] pron. all; everybody

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Dialect: syn. jimvr

[mɨlũ] v. frighten; scare

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[naa] v. collect; gather; muster

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[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nɨɉi janɨ] n. leaves of ghost tree

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[paduɁ] v. hop to express extremes of emotions

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paju lopa] n. long stick the end of which is covered with glue (payu)

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[poɁ] v. hop; bounce; leap

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[puʎe silaɁnɨ] n. tailor

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[pɨtaɁ] n. a variety of tree; wild pear (Pyrus pashia)

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[rõ] v. be mad; go insane; become crazy

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Dialect: var. ruñ

[saŋ] n. cot; bed

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[sarse] n. millet

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[sarxo] n. stalk, of millet

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sẽ] v. wither; dry

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[sɨɨ jo] n. beef

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[tageɁ] v. listen attentively

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[tagjá] n. wood wasp

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[takuɁ riilaɁ] n. cucumber tendril

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[takũ] n. peach

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[tali jordu] n. a variety of chili

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[talo pɨɲu] n. spoon

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[talũ] adj. an infertile woman

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[talɨɁ] v. agree

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[tarɲe] n. pus

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Dialect: var. taze

[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tɨmĩ] n. Common Indian madder (Rubia cordifolia)

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Dialect: var. tamiñ

[ɨ̃] inter. yes

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[xe] v. force something

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[xẽ] v. cut

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[xẽɉiɁ amú] n. hair on the temple

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[xɨka] v. count; innumerate

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[jahĩ] adj. rotten (esp. of wood)

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[janɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. anw

[japũ genɨ̃] n. thunder

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[jorlu] n. vegetable garden located away from the village

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ábì] v. swing; sway; oscillate; move back and forth

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[árù] n. weed; unwanted plant in an cultivated field

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