Apatani English

[aarda-rida] n. in the future; in the coming days

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[alì lɨpjo] n. sole

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[asiɁ] n. nest; lair; den

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

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[bár] v. charge interest

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[caãxá-diixá] adj. barren; unproductive

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[dãxo] n. long sharp stick

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[diipaɁ] v. peel off; detach

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dooli] n. sickness; fever

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[dɨpjoɁ] v. eat something to add taste to a meal

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ẽtɨ patã] n. labor gang for paddy harvesting

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[ʎeɁ] v. roll something (esp. thread between the palms)

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[ga] v. scold; rebuke; reprimand;chide

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Dialect: la.wav?

[gaɁɉeɁ] v. soften something by grasping repeatedly

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[gaga] adj. quarrelsome

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gũkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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[gɨɁ] v. lie down

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[haʎã] adj. flat; plain

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Dialect: syn. haapa

[huã ácì] n. backache; back pain

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[hɨɨbo] n. bull

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[imoɁ pɨlo] n. twelfth lunar month of the year; November-December

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[ɉiɉi kɨna] adj. bluish

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[ɉokoɁ] v. opening something by lifting up the lid jopyañ

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[keɁ] v. put on cloth (esp. blankets, quilts or shawls); cover; overspread; overlay

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[koɁ] v. to divine an omen by examining a chicken liver

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[koha xage] num. ninety

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[korɨɁ] v. carry a baby on the chest

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨlĩ] n. back; rear

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[lã] v. move (esp. of head)

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[leɁta] v. spread, as wing

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Dialect: syn. le’tvr

[lẽ] v. perish en masse, as do the wild bamboo after flowering

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[luɉiɁ] adj. friendly; amicable

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[luko] v. narrate; inform; recount; tell

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[mǝǝ] letter name m the letter representing m in the Apatani alphabet

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[maló] adj. big; huge; renowned

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[mataɁ perũ] n. a variety of bean

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[meciɁ-mei] v. search minutely

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[mɨdĩ-kɨlĩ] adv. intentionally

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Dialect: syn. mwdiñpa

[mɨho] v. make a sign

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mɨpjã] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpiñ

[mjã] v. name

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[mjoxa] n. bamboo floor

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[nuu] v. knead something (as dough) or as in washing cloth

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[paɁkǝr] v. encircle; surround; enclose

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[paʎa-paca] adj. unsteady; staggering

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[paʎoɁ] adj. bent; not straight; inclined

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Dialect: syn. pafa

[pagi jaru] n. Common hoopoe (Upupa epops)

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[pagǝr] v. build or repair bundhs

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[pamjo] n. injury; encumbrance

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Dialect: syn. pamyo-taxo

[papo] adj. incomplete; not full

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[paroɁ jo] n. chicken (meat)

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pẽɉi ciɁri] n. a variety of valued sword

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[poŋe-poŋe] adj. varied; diverse

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pulĩ] v. manufacture; produce

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[pɨleɁ] n. feather

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[ŋẽciɁ] adj. tasty; delicious

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[raɁ] v. bind; strap; fasten

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[reɁxaɁ] v. injure by scraping with something

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[rica] v. throw something up

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Dialect: ant. rilo

[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[rujó] n. a variety of cane earring

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[rɨɁ] v. sit (as do the chickens); perch; roost

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[rɨxɨ aʎĩ] n. the evening after four days

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[rɨxɨda] n. four days hence

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Dialect: syn. rwxw alo

[rìda] n. he day after tomorrow

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Dialect: syn. rì alo

[saã] v. grow; live

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[samĩ rako] n. tortoise

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Dialect: syn. rako; rwko

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

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[sãkó] n. a kind of fruit

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[sẽbiɁ] adj. half-withered

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[sĩ] v. feed (esp. liquid food)

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[sɨdĩ] n. barking deer; muntjac

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[sɨlɨ] n. Large Indian Civet (Viverra zibetha)

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[tabĩ-talĩ] adj. bare; naked

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

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[tarlar] n. peacock

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Dialect: syn. tar pwta

[tau jamu] n. firefly

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[taɲiɁ aruɁ] n. corn ear

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[tãkã] adv. drink or smoke for a long time

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[telĩ] v. push something out

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Dialect: ant. telw’ etym. teñ + aliñ

[ɨpɨɁ] v. sweep

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[xaŋ] n. bed; cot

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Dialect: syn. saq

[xãxã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ dwrañ

[xẽtɨ pakù] n. ashy wood pigeon (Columba pulchricollis)

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[xɨ] v. count; innumerate

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[ja] n. nephew (term of address)

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[jasi parĩ] n. stork (Ciconia nigra)

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ĩka] pron. that

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[ĩsi] dem. that (demonstrative)

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