Apatani English

[aarã] adj. deep

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Dialect: syn. uurañ

[abrǝ] pron. something; something that is unspecified or unknown

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Dialect: var. abvr

[abjũ-aʎũ] v. finish binding; tie up by tightening the rope after binding something

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[aʎee] v. shiver; tremble; shudder

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[aɉuɁ] adj. weak; frail; feeble; sick; ailing

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Dialect: syn. ájùu

[akì ipaɁ] n. faeces of dogs

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[apĩ] n. cooked rice

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[apur] prep. among; midst

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[arpɨ] n. bamboo crossbeam of a fence

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[atúu] adj. small; tiny; little; miniature ant. káhè

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[beẽ] v. shine, of sun; heat, of fire

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[beŋna] n. brinjal (Solanam melongena)

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[buulì] n. variety of rats seen after bamboo flowering in large numbers

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[bjarbó] v. jump across

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[bjo] v. swim

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[caabã] v. crush something underground with the feet

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[caaɉeɁ] v. step on something

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[cajĩ-dojĩ] n. autumn

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[ciku] n. pocket; pouch

Speaker: Tage Kanno,
Dialect: syn. ciru’

[còo] v. bounce (as a ball); hop on one foot (of a human)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[daɲi áago] n. west

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Dialect: syn. haatw

[dãxɨ] v. beat to death; kill by beating

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[do] v. be; exist; lie

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Dialect: ant. zima

[doodu] n. drop

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[doopɨɁ] v. sleep together with head in same direction

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Dialect: ant. doosi’

[durgu] n. wooden trough

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[eɁcĩ] adv. skilled in shooting

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[ʎapu puʎe] n. an ordinary customary white shawl

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[ʎeɁbe] n. larva of water beetle

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Dialect: syn. bukofe’be

[ʎíi] v. slither (as snakes do)

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gõcã une] n. angular stomatitis

Speaker: Tage Numpi

[gɨtu-gɨra] n. traditional relations and ways of life

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[haaru] n. mourning; grief

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[harceɁ] n. fold of the groin

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[hã] v. investigate; make enquiries; probe; enquire

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[heme] n. oath; promise

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[hemó] v. suspect; doubt; distrust

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[hirĩ] n. strips of fermented bamboo shoot

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[hor] v. dry; harden (as of paddy in sun)

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[hɨki] n. stillbirth

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[ĩci] v. reach

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[kapjóɉaɁpa] adv. firstly

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[kobĩ] n. a variety of oak tree

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Dialect: var. korbiñ

[kõda] n. tommorow morning

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[kutĩ] n. traditional relationship

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[kɨle pẽbu] n. a variety of flowering plant that grows on the banks of the river

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. kwle pemu

[kɨra] n. a variety of tree; oak tree (Lithocarpus dealbata)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[laɁpù] n. closed fisted hand

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[lɨciɁ-poɁdo] n. accident; mishap

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[marpu] n. corn silk

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[miilò] n. eighth lunar month of the year; July-August

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Dialect: syn. miilò pwlò

[mohol] n. big house; bungalow

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[morto] n. metal arrowhead

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Dialect: var. murto

[mɨlãru] pron. all; everybody

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[mjopɨ] n. floor

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[neha] n. man; human beings

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[nunumi] pron. you (plural); second person plural pronoun, accusative case

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[oho búudu alo] n. birthday

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[pa] post. purposive case marker

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[pabù] adj. swollen; bloated; puffed up

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[piju] n. ashes obtained by burining of certain edible plants which are used for preparing pila by filteration

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[poŋepa] adv. differently

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[pɨgĩ] n. vulture

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[pɨi] n. solidified snot

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[ŋo] pron. I; first person singular pronoun

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[ŋɨ] v. move to and fro

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[raɲiɁ] n. chain

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[riɲo gjadu] n. rings of bamboo splits that are hoisted with poles in the tombs of priests

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[rĩbi tasũ] n. spider web

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[rõxe] adv. six times

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[rɨɨ] v. buy; purchase

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Dialect: ant. pyu’

[saɁka] v. contemplate; consider; deliberate on

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[sardĩ] n. short-cut

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[sarxe sarse] n. a late ripening variety of millet

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[sãxɨɁ] adj. retarded growth

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[selĩ] v. pull something out

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[sembo] n. a variety of wild cherry

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Dialect: var. semo

[sipũ] n. recently; these days

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[sɨpiɁ] n. needlework; needlecraft; embroidery

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[taapjaɁ] v. unfasten or untie a knot

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[tabu] n. snake

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[tapiɁ ŋɨɨla] n. owl

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Dialect: syn. qwwla; pwtiñ qwwla

[tasĩ siiɲiɁ] n. small-sized larvae of dragonfly

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Dialect: syn. sizi’

[tatũ bulũ] adj. chubby

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Dialect: var. utuñ buluñ

[tajã] n. bee (single)

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[tihiɁ] adj. sweet

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[tusiɁ] v. join; attach; couple; connect

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Dialect: syn. me’si’

[tuu] v. pick up

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[uuxaɁ] adj. shallow

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Dialect: syn. aaxa’ ant. ùurañ

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

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[xɨnɨ̃] adj. costly; valued

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[xɨro] n. large intestine

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[jato pano] n. an aquatic insect

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[jo ajaɁ] n. fleshy portion of meat

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Dialect: syn. ya’lañ

[ɲa] v. whittle; pare; shave; trim

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Dialect: var. zar

[ɲãbũ] v. put one’s head into the water

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Dialect: syn. zañbyuñ

[ɲimũ] n. young woman

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[áɉùu-amjò] n. appearance; image

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[úì pami] n. goose pimples

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