Apatani English

[aapu kai] n. showy; ostentatious (person)

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[abjo] adv. endearingly; fondly; affectionately

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[aʎã] num. ten

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[agjú] n. string; cord

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Dialect: syn. aháa

[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[aɲè] num. two (term of reference)

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[baɉi] n. time

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[biɉe biirã] n. bamboo stump

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[bɨnɨ] n. female; damsel; lady

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

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[caaŋeɁ-caaŋeɁ] adj. intense; stinging

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[deɁ] v. plait or weave

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[ditĩ jaɁì] v. landslide; mudslide

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dorgi] n. earthworm

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[dɨpjonɨ] n. thief; robber; bandit

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[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[eɁdaɁ] v. shoot at target

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Dialect: ant. e’xa’

[ʎaɁco] n. tiny metal bell

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Dialect: syn. za’co

[goŋe] n. one mouthful; one word

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[gjuu] v. yell; howl; scream; shout

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[har] v. wash; bathe

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[harpũ] n. inner thigh

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[heɁdú] n. pork intestine along with attached fat; such meat of sacrificed animals traditionally offered to the eldest living sister by the younger ones.

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Dialect: syn. pidú

[helo] v. pardon; forgive

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[hẽ] v. think; love

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[hẽɉũpa] adv. comfortable

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[hiɁ] v. paint; apply paint to; white-wash

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[hiɉeɁ] n. portable bamboo vessel (esp. for carrying liquor)

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: syn. dije’

[huã alló] n. backbone

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. hoañ alló

[hɨɨɲi] dem. those two

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[háatɨ mɨlɨ] adv. hopefully; confidently; optimistically

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[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[ɉa] v. toss or throw a discus sidearm, such that it flies through the air; cause an object to soar by throwing

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[ɉi] adj. black

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

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[kapũ] adj. strange; bizzare

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[keembeɁ] adj. taste, as of spoilt fat; rancid

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[kikuɁ] n. outer covering of bamboo shoot that falls off when it grows into young bamboo

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kũ] v. pour, esp. grains from one container to other

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[kóo] v. move the hips, as when closing a door with the hands full or bumping against someone

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[laɁdu mɨrĩ] n. elbow

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Dialect: var. la’du midiñ

[leŋò] n. lawn; front yard; space in the village

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[lopo] n. half day

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Dialect: ant. lobyañ

[loɲì-lohĩ] n. some days

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[lɨbã] n. baby

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[mihĩ] n. contribution (esp. in kind)

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[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[murù] n. torch; flambeau

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[mɨko-mɨpe] v. disrupt; distract; disturb

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[mɨlì] v. take revenge

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[naspati] n. pear

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[nẽpjo] adj. good smell

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Dialect: ant. neñru

[oho] n. child; son; daughter

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[pake] v. cross; intersect; crisscross

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[pano] v. sting

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[papaɁ] v. cut off or chop off

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[pasù] n. needle

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[pató hamã] n. a variety of vegetable (Clerodendrum colebrookianum)

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[paxuɁ] n. partridge

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[paxɨɁ] v. cut to break or fracture bones in a piece of meat

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[paxè] n. mesh, which may be of wire, bamboo or cane; lattice

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[paɲiɁ] n. small broken pieces of rice

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[pimpú] n. grains of cooked rice

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Dialect: syn. apiñ pimpú

[pinto] prep. above; over

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[pore] n. a variety of beer preparation

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Dialect: syn. pore o

[pulúu] adj. white; fair

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[pàr] v. solidify; bake

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[rɨxɨ arò] n. the morning after four days

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[sa ciɁri] n. a variety of antique sword

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[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[saɁpeɁ] v. optimistic; hopeful; be confident

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Dialect: ant. sa’xw’

[selɨ] v. pull something in

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[siibiɁ] adj. shrivel; wither; wilt

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[sosǝr] adj. shrill (of voice); high pitched; thin voice

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Dialect: ant. bañbañ

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[tamì] n. weed

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[taŋu] n. bee (in group)

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[tatɨɁ] n. frog

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[taxɨ] n. squirrel

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tɨɨ] v. chop, as of cutting down a tree

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[xẽ] v. toil

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Dialect: syn. apó xeñ

[xoɁ] v. pry open

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[jaaɉeɁ] adj. garrulous (of a person)

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jaɉuɁ pɨxo] n. a variety of dragonfly

Example: Photo by Gyati Habung

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[jamjo] n. color pattern of she-mithun, described as overall black with a white spots on either side

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[ɲar] v. step on something

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Dialect: syn. zor

[ɲiɁtɨ] n. a variety of maize

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[ɲoko taɁtì] n. wood louse

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[ákojá] pron. something else

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[árbì] n. portion of pork offered to wife’s eldest living sister

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