Apatani English

[aarí] n. saw

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Dialect: or. Hindi

[adú] n. noise; sound

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Dialect: ant. kúcì

[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[amɨɁ] adj. small; tiny; fine

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Dialect: ant. árù

[apĩ gaɁhĩ] n. ball of cooked rice

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[apjoɁ] v. dilute; make a liquid thinner or weaker

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[apó xẽ] v. toil; work hard; engage in physical labor

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[aríi] n. border; boundary

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[axuɁ] v. regurgitate

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[axɨ-ereɁ] n. entrails; viscera

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[baabuɁ] adj. healthy (esp. of child); pampered

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[bahũ] adv. vomiting tendency; retch

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[biti] n. craft; activity involving skills in cane and bamboo craft

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[boha] n. cane rope tied to a babó for acrobatic game; acrobatic game played on the rope

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[buʎú] n. tadpole

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[bjaakã] n. space underneath the house

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[bóì] n. track made by large game

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[dahɨ-daaxe] v. go here and there

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[dur] v. dig and push (for example with the snout of a pig)

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Dialect: var. dór

[ganda-nẽcã] n. landed properties

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[gijã jorli] n. cabbage leaf mustard seed

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[golu pakaɁ] n. dimple on the cheek

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[gõcì] n. dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. koñcì

[haaʎĩ] adj. beautiful; handsome; pretty

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[harã pijo] n. a variety of children’s traditional game

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

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[heɁi] n. a portion of meat

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[henɨ] n. a relative; loved one

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[hiɁɉã] v. wring; twist clothing to dry it.

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

Speaker: Nani Anga,
Dialect: var. huñki’

[hɨʎã] prep. like; similar; alike

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[hɨɉo] n. a variety of bamboo

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[ɉaaku-ɉaaʎa] v. stagger; walk unsteadily

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[kado-lili] adv. publicly; in everybody’s full view

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[karmú] v. look with anger or disapproval

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[kasi-kahaɁ] adj. disagreeable; repulsive; unpleasant to see

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[koju] n. anus

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Dialect: syn. iyu

[kurmu] n. grasshopper

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Dialect: var. kormu

[káhè] adj. big; large

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Dialect: ant. atúu

[laɁke] v. cross or fold one’s arms

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[laɁpi] v. tap on the hand usually by a child to solicit a present

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[laama] adj. few; not many

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Dialect: syn. ice

[laŋu] n. neck

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[lãpaɁ] v. ostracize; vanish; drive out

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[lobjoɁ tare] n. a variety of thorny plant

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: var. lobyo’ twre

[luga] adj. talkative; loquacious; garrulous

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

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[lulù-lugo] v. disturb by speaking

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Dialect: syn. lulù

[lɨɁ] v. put, esp. grains into a container

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[lɨca] n. lame

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[lɨsiɁ] n. hay; straw

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Dialect: syn. kusu’

[lɨɨrɨ] n. edge; brim

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Dialect: syn. cirw

[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[miɁbjoɁ amu] n. eyelash

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Dialect: syn. mi’be’ amu

[miɉiɁ-migũ] n. traditional knowledge

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[miɉuɁ miɉa] adj. cowardly; timid

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Dialect: syn. miju’

[mɨha-mɨxa] v. annoy; pester

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[mɨɉi] n. a variety of tree having a very bitter taste

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[mɨpĩ] v. close

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Dialect: syn. mwpyañ

[mɨpja-mɨsa] v. scatter; disseminate; sprinkle

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[mɨtù] n. beginning

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[nelɨɁ] v. send somebody in

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Dialect: ant. neliñ

[paɁsǝr] v. kill by hanging

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[pabjó] n. quarrel; dispute

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[pace] n. the other side

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

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[paiɁ] v. get

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[paɉaɁ] adj. torn; tattered

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Dialect: syn. paja’ paya’

[papù] n. egg

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[pẽci aɉĩ] n. a variety of traditional friend

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[piɁreɁ] v. sharpen; hone; whet

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[po] v. weave

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[pɨluɁ pɨleɁ] adj. showy; flashy

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[pjarò] adj. big, as a plot of land or a grain

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[pjaɲiɁ] n. early maturing variety of paddy belonging to mìipyá group

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[pjo] v. catch by pinching with a pincer

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[sǝǝ] letter name s the letter representing s in the Apatani alphabet

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[sabè] n. loincloth

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

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[sarkoɁ] v. rip open; tear open

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[siɁ] n. urine

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[sorɉoɁ] adj. elongated; straighten out

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[sɨrĩ] n. otter

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[taɁmopa] adv. strongly; bravely

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[tabuɁ-taruɁ] adj. dirty; dusty

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[tapiɁ] n. a variety of bird

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[tarko] n. variety of plant used as antiseptic after burning it.

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[tã] v. drink; smoke

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

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[teɁ] v. fall (esp. from a standing position)

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[tebul] n. table

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Dialect: or. English

[tɨlo] v. drop something from a height

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[ɨɉã] n. sun

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Dialect: syn. dazí

[xaãcuɁ] n. can container with a lid (esp. to store rice)

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[xoo] v. stir

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[japúu] n. a color pattern of mithun with overall while color

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[ɲahɨ] n. daughter-in-law (term of reference)

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[ɲãpo tasĩ] n. prawn

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[ɲime] n. general term for people living in far north

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[áamì] n. cat

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