Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abjo] adj. endearing

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[aʎiɁ] n. pig

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[aʎí] n. air, wind

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[aʎú] v. lose something; misplace

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[akã ɲacú] n. lower lip

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[alíi] v. bury

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[alíi] n. descendant; progeny; successor

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[amiɁ] n. eye

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[arí-apɨ] n. neighbourhood; locality

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[bulũ-bɨle] adj. sickly, unappetizing var. bwluñ-bwle

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Dialect: var. bwluñ-bwle

[burúu] n. mythical crocodile-like creature said to have inhabited the Ziro valley in the olden days

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[báa] v. roll; spin; rotate

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[còoʎa] v. limp

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[daɲi agjã] n. altar for propitiating Dazi (the Sun God)

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[diiha] n. clay soil

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[gaɁciɁ] v. hold something at its tip or edge

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[gɨri] n. pigsty

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[góò] v. hug; embrace; cuddle

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[haaɉuɁ] adj. light; not heavy

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Dialect: ant. aì

[haʎã gijã] n. cabbage

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[hamã] n. vegetable

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[hẽɉe] v. trust; faith; confidence; belief

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[hixɨ̃] adj. tingling sharp sensation in the teeth; feeling, in the teeth, after eating sour food

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[hɨro hamã] n. a variety of eggplant taken as vegetable

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[iɁrũ] v. sleep in somebody else’s house

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[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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[ɉú] v. weigh; measure

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kamè] v. finish; destroy

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[kee] v. rub (like a tobacco in the hand)

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[keemɨɁ] v. rub into powder

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[kiluɁ] n. a small compartment in the granary usually for storng millet or agricultural implements

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[kone kone] n. ? one by one

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[kɨlè] n. tobacco leaves, esp. fresh ones

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Dialect: syn. muku

[kɨteɁ] v. knock down by punching

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

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lãcã] adj. red

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[liɁkiɁ-liɁko] adv. showy; flirty

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[lɨbeɁ] v. scratch using claws or hooves

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[lɨpi] v. wash or clean the feet

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[mirɨɁ] n. powdered millet

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[mɨʎã] v. correct; rectify; amend

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[mɨlã] conj. also

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nẽcã] n. plot of land for home

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[nẽpũ] n. space outside the house on the left side

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[nɨɨ] v. instigate; provoke

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[o xuiɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; creeping woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata)

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[paɁga] n. long supporting post on both sides of a traditional Apatani house

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[pacu jagɨ] n. a small cane basket used as a measure of grain

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

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[papù hajã] n. egg yolk

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[paroɁ pai] n. poultry dropping

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[pajaɁ] v. attack; quarrel

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Dialect: syn. paya’-gaaya’

[poʎã] n. plateau; a plain area at a height

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[pu] v. bind

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[pjàpaɁ] v. destroy and remove a structure

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[párkoɁ] v. screw open

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

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[ŋɨʎã xɨko hamã] n. a variety of vegetable; centella; gotu kola (Centella asiatica)

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[rõ] v. burn; scorch; set on fire

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[ríi] v. sew; stitch

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

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[sarlã] n. a variety of cane

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[sẽsɨɁ] adj. dry (of wood); thin (of a person)

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[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[somĩ ŋarmĩ] n. entertainment; amusement; enjoyment

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[taabjó] n. a temporary hut

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[tabu ŋɨi] n. eel (Anguilliformes)

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[taiɁ sɨtĩ] n. epileptic fit

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[takĩ ɲaɁco] n. cowrie shell

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Dialect: syn. takiñ

[tarpĩ] n. maggots

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[tãdɨɁ] v. get poisoned by drinking

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[tãka] v. taste (drinking or smoking)

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[tɨko] n. money

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ɨrã] n. storage space usually built outside the main wall of the house

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[xaarũ] n. a benevolent god that protects a household

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[xeɁ] v. put on dress; cover

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[xoɁ] v. crow (as a cock)

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[xɨpó] v. cut a tree in the middle of its trunk

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[xɨɨgu] v. warm something by boiling

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[jamu muku] n. smoke

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[jasi harxɨ] n. whirlpool

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[jo badè] n. ceiling rack for storing meat

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Dialect: syn. xaci; bade

[ɲaʎã] n. ten years

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[ɲoxe] n. black panther (Panthera pardus)

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[áakò] n. entrance; entry; door

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Dialect: var. háakò

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

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[úì perũ] n. a variety of bean

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