Apatani English

[aarda] n. tomorrow

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[abaɁ] v. put a load; help carry

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[acò-amyò] n. animals; creatures

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[ahe] v. bet; wager; gamble

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[aɉuɁ] n. weak person

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[akó kõtɨɁ] adj. only one; alone

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[apǝr] n. gallbladder

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[axɨ] n. comb

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[aja-kaco] n. quality; condition

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[beɁ] v. spring, something under tension; leap (as frogs do)

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biiku-biʎa] adj. boastful; egoistical; vainglorious

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[boʎo] adj. thin (of a flat object) ant. byañkvr

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Dialect: ant. byañkvr

[buupĩ ] v. follow in birth order

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[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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[bɨlĩ kormo] n. a variety of fruit

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[bɨsi] n. traditional ballad; song; lyrics

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[ciɁ] v. hold (with both arms)

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[ciɁpi] n. wooden door frame

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[cuca] n. an element of a ritual altar

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[daɁmo] v. rest; take a breather

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Dialect: syn. hémò

[daanɨ] n. a gift item on the occasion of Mida, a part of Apatani marriage ceremony

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[dĩko] n. metal skewer inserted horizontally through the male hair knot

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Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

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

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[ʎoɁli] n. hilt; handle or butt of a machete

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[gijã] n. cabbage leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa)

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Dialect: syn. giyañ hamañ

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gubuɁ] adj. hot; warm

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Dialect: ant. laxw’

[gɨre] adj. crispy; crunchy

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[hargó] v. overtake (esp. by running or driving)

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[heɁ] v. knit

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[hẽdi] n. thoughtful man; a gentleman; a good person

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[hú] v. wake up; rouse; awaken

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[ɉarpĩ] v. hysteria; sickness caused by the spirit of a dead person

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[kahò] v. take note of; mark something

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[kamo] n. darkness

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[kociɁ hamã] n. dandelion (Taraxacum sp.); Lit. bitter vegetable

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[kordu] n. way of wearing a cloth

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[koɲã ɲaŋe] n. three years back

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[kucì] adj. near

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Dialect: syn. pwtì

[kɨɉǝr] v. brandish; wield; flaunt

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kɨri duɁnɨ] n. businessman; broker; agent; middleman

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Dialect: syn. kwrí inw; kwri harnw

[laɁciɁ lɨpa] n. middle finger

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[lai] n. torch

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Dialect: or. English (light)

[lɨbã] n. knee

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[modu-mobo] adj. rude; undisciplined; unruly

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[mũ-sa] n. romance; courtship; love affair

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Dialect: etym. muñdo (girlfriend) + saado (boyfriend)

[mɨgò] n. task; work

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[mɨlaɁ] adj. skilled in doing something; expert

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[mjɨ-milo] n. married couple

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[nama] pron. your mother

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Dialect: syn. nane

[nɨmã] n. eaves and twigs; underbrush

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[née] v. wrestle

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[oho milobo] n. son

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[pakù] n. pigeon

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[paroɁ lãxa] n. poultry house

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[parɨɁ] n. Khaleej pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos)

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[pataɁ] n. bamboo split; flat object

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[patã áttò] n. a member of the labour gang in whose field it works on the day

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[paxu] n. shell; scale

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pooró] adj. wide; vast

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Dialect: ant. poñcu’

[puɲũ] adj. normal; typical; usual

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[pɨdi mɨlũ] v. scare away birds from the paddy fields

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[pɨtaɁ appú] n. flower of wild pear tree

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[párkó] v. drill a hole

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[ŋurca] v. move up something heavy using lever

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[ri] v. read

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[roŋe roŋe] adv. sometimes; off and on

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[ruu] v. drill; bore a hole in; make a hole in

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[rìi] v. mark; mark a line

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[saɁxɨɁ] v. intimidating; unnerving; daunting; formidable

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Dialect: ant. sa’pe’

[sabeɁ] n. key

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[saleɁ] adj. raw, as of wood; standing wood

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[sarsɨɁ] adj. bland; insipid; weak (of liquor)

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[sati] n. umbrella

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Dialect: Or. Assamese

[sor] v. slip; skid

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[sɨbĩ] n. goat

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[sɨlo bɨʎo] n. recently; lately; now a days

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

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Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[taɉè] v. believe; regard as true; be convinced by

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[tappo] n. spinning knot

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[taxoɁ] v. disagree; disobey

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[taxũ] n. a bamboo fish trap

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Dialect: syn. tajvr

[tɨpe] n. tattoo

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[tú] v. kick

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[ɨmjó] n. poison; aconite (Aconitum ferox)

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

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xeɁŋɨ] v. sob impulsively

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[xei áʎò] n. cinnamon bark

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[xɨce] v. divide (by counting)

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Dialect: etym. xw (count) + tace (divide)

[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jaŋo] num. five

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[jorgã] n. ridge (esp. of mountains)

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[ɲĩpǝr] n. nipple

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[ásù-ale] adj. lazy

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