Apatani English

[abã] n. elder brother

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[adã] adj. strong; sturdy

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Dialect: var. wdañ

[aɉã] adj. young; immature

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[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[apũ-aka] n. confusing state; doubtful

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[aroɁ] adj. lucky

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[asè] v. wash; clean

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[ajo] n. grandmother or mother-in-law (term of address)

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[ajúu] n. long time back

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[bãbã] adj. heavy or hoarse voice

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[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[cãtɨ] n. earth

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[cãtɨ-dotɨ] n. universe; cosmos

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[corkɨ] adj. smart; strong; rigid

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[cuukiɁ] n. metallic poker; safety pin

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ufañ kuti

[cáa] v. split; slit

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[cí] v. claim (ownership)

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

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. pwdiñ xootu

[dodĩ-dolo] n. world; realm

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Dialect: syn. doha-dolo

[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[dutĩ] n. wooden block for sitting on

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[dùuko-dako] n. accommodation; address

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[ʎẽ] v. measure with outstretched hands

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[goro] adj. big (of a mouth); loud voice

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Dialect: ant. gozó

[gõcì] n. dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. koñcì

[gulũ-gɨle] adj. lukewarm; tepid

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[gè] v. mark; write

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Dialect: syn. ke, page

[haaʎĩ] n. fourth lunar month of the year; April

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[heŋu-hẽre] v. treat differently; discriminate; be biased against

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[hogja takǝr] n. spotted leopard

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨmi] pron. that; third person accusative pronoun

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

Speaker: Nani Anga

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

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ɉaa] v. sway (as a drunken person do); stagger

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[ɉarkũ] num. one thousand (term of enumeration)

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[ɉola] n. bag

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[ɉoo] v. pay as wage

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[ɉuka] v. measure, esp. weight

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Dialect: esp. weight

[kaʎã kada] v. look after; help

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Dialect: syn. kafañ

[kaka] v. have a look at; examine; inspect; scrutinize

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[kamra] n. room

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[keená] n. black necked crane (Grus nigricollis)

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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Dialect: var. kenda

[kooɉuɁ] v. hold one’s legs together

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Dialect: ant. kooga’

[koro] n. saw syn. aarí

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[kõci patã] n. labour gang that works early in the morning

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[kɨʎĩ kɨloɁ] adj. shining; sparkling; glittering

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[kɨra raadu] n. chestnut

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[laɁhĩ] n. finger nail

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[laɁxɨ̃] n. dirt on the hands

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[luxoɁ] v. disagree; express different opinion

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[lɨpì] v. dry

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[meli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meñli

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

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[mɨdó] n. rain; weather

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[mɨho] v. offend (by doing something)

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[mò] pron. he; she; third person singular pronoun

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[no hopa] pron. for where

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[o] n. liquor; alcoholic drink; rice or millet beer

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[o sadǝr] n. bamboo funnel for filtering beer

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[paapi] n. a variety of flowering plant (Hedychium ellipticum)

Example: Photo by Tapi Takha

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[pabú] n. valley; gully

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[pari] n. tree sparrow (-Passer montanus)

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Dialect: syn. pari pwta

[paju sudu] n. bamboo container for glue (payu)

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[poɁpǝr] n. bamboo split used to make sounds to scare birds away, esp. from agricultural fields

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[pɨsa lẽda] n. a variety of highly decorated and colorful skirt for young girls

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[rúu] v. shed (as trees do of leaves)

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[se] v. pull

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[soɁko] n. jaw

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[sor] v. stretch; sprawl; lounge

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[su] v. evaporate; emit smoke

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[sɨʎĩda] adv. this evening

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[sɨɉʌr sɨ] v. commit suicide

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

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[sɨso] n. wild cat

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[sɨxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ puxẁ

[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tabe axóo] n. sugarcane

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: var. twbe axóo

[tadǝr] n. parasitic worm

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[tano] n. thread; yarn

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[tasĩ siĩbo] n. large-sized larvae of dragonfly

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. siñbo

[tãpjo] adj. tasty (of drinks)

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: ant. tañru

[teɁdaɁ] v. lean against something

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[tero jorsĩ] n. dry chili

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[tulí] v. copy; replicate; click (a photo with a camera)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[tɨleɁ] n. a variety of garlic

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: syn. tale’

[ubúu] n. hole

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[uuko] n. hole

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[ɨdɨɁ] adj. spicy hot (as of chili)

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[ɨskul] n. school

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Dialect: syn. uskul or. English

[xaŋá] v. kneel down

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[xɨ] num. six

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[ɲibu hẽ] v. predict; prophesy; foretell

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[álù] v. to work

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[ápù] v. wrap (into a sphere)

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[ájò jooʎã] n. late night

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