Apatani English

[aarìda] n. in the future; in the coming years

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[adĩ ácì] n. headache

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[ahĩ] adj. same; similar; matching; identical

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[aɉí] n. farm; wet agricultural field

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[aɉóo] v. hire; pay for

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alǝr] adj. hard; firm; rigid; strong

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Dialect: syn. arlv

[alɨ́] n. a part of upper arm of an animal; lineage to whom a part of upper arm of sacrificed animal is offered

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[apiɁ] v. feed (esp. fowls)

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[arã] adj. close, of relation

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[aruɁ] n. outer covering of bean or corn

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[arò kõci] n. dawn

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[asorit] adj. surprising; amazing; startling

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ajúu mapà] n. in a short while

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[baɉiɁ] v. cook in oil

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bakoɁ] n. box

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[bɨʎo] n. yesterday

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

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Dialect: var. busañ tabú

[bjapuɁ] n. bamboo shoot

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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Dialect: syn. behé, wtw rwbw, wtw bwrw

[cẽ] v. bundle; bunch; clump

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[cogĩ] v. squat; crouch

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[daarò] adj. big step

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Dialect: ant. daazó

[dãxo-paɁɲì] n. weapon

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[dilĩ] n. hair bun; tresses of bundled hair

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[dɨsɨ] n. edible; food

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[emo] n. paddy; unhusked rice

Speaker: Tage Yassing,
Dialect: var. imo

[ereɁ] n. belly; stomach

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Dialect: xañcu.wav

[gaɉor] n. carrot

Speaker: Tage Numpi,
Dialect: or. Assamese

[goo] v. demarcate a boundary (esp. with fencing)

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[guli] n. bullet

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[hemjó] v. plan in advance; plan

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[háako] n. entrance

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Dialect: syn. áako

[ixã] n. trophy for recognition of achievement

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[ɉigɉiro] n. kind of a traditional shawl

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[ɉoɉǝr] n. green june beetle

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kapu] adj. similar; identical

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Dialect: syn. kapu-kalu

[keɁtĩ] n. thatch

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

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Dialect: syn. keeme’

[koʎũ-kocũ] adj. imbalanced; fall down due to imbalance

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[koogaɁ] n. occiput; back of the head

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[kosiɁ koʎi] adv. wriggle restlessly

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[kuu] v. throw; hurl

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁpó] n. upper arm

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[lace] n. a part of bride price which a close relative of the bride is entitled to

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[lembo] n. road

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Dialect: var. leñbo

[lohɁ] n. rope tied to the leg of a poultry as a mark of identification

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[ludǝr] v. elucidate; explain; interpret; explicate

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[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[male baɁnɨ] n. porter; carrier

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[medǝr agjã] n. altar for purification ritual

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[mepa] v. search out; find out

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[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[milò ĩ] v. to get married (of a female)

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Dialect: ant. myw laa

[misĩ] n. machine

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Dialect: or. English

[muɁ] v. rut (animals)

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[mɨdù] n. time for doing something

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[mɨkĩ] v. show how something is done; demonstrate

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[mɨpe] v. separate; detach; disconnect; segregate

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[mɨtĩ] v. obstruct

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[mjɨ] n. wife

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[nasu] n. dance

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Dialect: or. Hindi var. nasw

[nẽ] v. sniff; smell

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[nɨpa] pron. for you; second person singular dative pronoun

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[oho asiɁ] n. grandchild

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[paɁpo] n. a bamboo pole suspended horizontally on the side wall of the house for keeping clothes

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pacoɁ] n. head of a stream

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[padu aʎí] n. seasonal wind usually in February

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[pamɨɁ] v. cut or chop into small pieces

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[papuu] n. white (esp. hen)

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[pasu] v. fight; quarrel

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[paxu ruduɁ] adj. rough; scaly

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[pexó] n. a variety of bird

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[pijã] n. Indian mole rat; Bandicoot rat (Bandicota bengalensis

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[po] v. hug; embrace; clasp

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[puɲó] adj. small (of spherical objects)

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Dialect: ant. purò

[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[pɨmɨ] n. June; sixth lunar month of the year

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[pɨɨlɨɁ] v. replenish (esp. liquor)

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

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Dialect: ant. pyazó

[ribo] v. throw something across

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[rɨɁti] v. bind tightly

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[sampú] n. a variety of white beads of chank shell

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[sɨcã mɨdo] n. universe

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[takuɁ kuli] n. cucumber seeds

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[tapã] n. algae; moss

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[tarxɨɁ] n. break something with hand

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[tasã-tajĩ] n. beads

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[topaɁ] v. pour something away

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[tɨnĩ] n. variety of a plant; wild sesame (Perilla frutescens)

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Dialect: var. taniñ

[uro] adv. forcefully; strongly

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[xãxã-dɨrã] adv. firmly; fervently; forcefully

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Dialect: syn. xañxañ

[xẽŋu] v. warm something

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[xè] v. suffice; be enough

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[jai] n. variety of bamboo (Dendrocalamus hamiltonii)

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[jarú huxo] n. ear plug

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[ɲalĩ] v. put one’s head out; peep out

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