Apatani English

[agoo] adj. external; exterior

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Dialect: ant. ura

[agũ] n. mouth; language

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[amĩ] adj. ripe; cooked

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[artaɁ] n. portion; segment; section

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[asǝr] n. splinter (of wood)

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[aɲóo] v. be subject to a behavioral restriction due to a taboo.

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[baltiŋ] n. bucket

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[basɨɁ] n. bank (of a river); riverbank; shore

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[bãs garɨ] n. bus

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Dialect: or. English

[buuro] adj. thick or big cylindrical object

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Dialect: ant. buuzó

[bjãkǝr] adj. thick

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Dialect: ant. bofó

[bjoɁdá] adj. bright; brilliant

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[ciɁri] n. ceremonial antique sword

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[coga-coga] adv. waddling; manner of walking with short steps and swaying motion

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[dar] v. move or lift with a stick used as a lever

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[datɨ mida] n. mida of greater variety

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Dialect: ant. daci mida

[dimu] n. hair (of head)

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[doodu] n. drop

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[dukã] n. shop

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ema] n. dream; reverie

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Dialect: var. imáa

[ema tupe] n. dreamy (of a person); confused person

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[eneɁ] adv. without reason; without purpose; without work

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[ẽtɨ tari] n. kiwi (Actinidia sp.)

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[ʎaɁka] v. taste (by licking)

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[ʎaʎu] n. an element of sacrificial altar

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[gipjã] v. close (a hinged door)

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Dialect: ant. giko’ syn. gitiñ

[go] v. throw

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Dialect: syn. ri; ku

[gõ] v. utter; emit

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[gõpɨ] n. chin

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[guɁ] v. turn or turn oneself over (esp. in lying position)

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[gjo] v. hurt or kill accidentally

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[haaʎĩ popǝr] n. a variety of moth

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[haapĩ] n. fog; mist

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Dialect: syn. haapiñ tagyañ

[haaja-mjoxa] n. famine; scarcity of food

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Dialect: syn. dwme

[harù] n. lung

Speaker: Nani Anga

[hɨɲã] n. shame; shy

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[imi iɁhɨɁ] v. oversleep; sleep longer than intended

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[ɉiɉe] n. truth

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[ɉoɉuru] n. a fruit bearing creeper (Silene sp.)

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[kapjó] adj. first

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[kekuru] n. bulbul; nightingale

Example: Photo by Koj Mama

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[kooroɁ] n. a traditional relationship on the maternal side whom a portion of meat from sacrificial animal is offered

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[lobu loci] n. skeleton

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Dialect: syn. lobu

[lulaɁ] v. speak well

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[lusi-luhaɁ] adj. irritating, exasperating or irksome (to talk to)

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[lɨciɁ] v. accidentally struck on something; tumble into something

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[maɁlã] n. many; numerous; abundant

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[mẽli] v. kill as revenge

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Dialect: var. meli

[midĩ] n. nursery for paddy; seed bed

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[mɨɉa] v. finish doing something

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[naru] v. odor; smell

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[nãpja] v. scatter by pushing

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[nelo] n. household; independent house

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[nẽbu] n. home

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[nẽdĩ] n. upper section of the village

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Dialect: ant. neñkó

[paaɁ] v. bargain; offer to buy something

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[padɨɁ hamã] n. a variety of vegetable

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Dialect: syn. padw’

[papù] n. egg

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[parlĩ] v. crawl out

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[parì-pagjò] adj. mosaic like appearance

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[pepó-pelò] adj. extravagant; lavish

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[pike page] n. a variety of glass bead

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[pixu] n. spinning node

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[pudu appú] n. a variety of flowering plant; Indian oleander (Nerium indicum)

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[pulis] n. police

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[pɨlo] n. moon; month

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[riri tami] n. a variety of creeper used as a vegetable; Chinese creeper (Mikania micrantha)

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[rõ] v. break relationship; avoid (esp. a relation); antipathy; abhorrence

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[ru] v. sneak; plot; machinate; conspire

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[salũ] n. medium sized cucumber

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[salɨ] v. plantation

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Dialect: syn. sañsuñ; sadi

[salɨɁ] v. push something in

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[sarma puɉũ] n. a mound of refuse mainly comprising of millet stalk and other weeds in a millet garden

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[si] dem. this

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[soɉã] n. lizard

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[sokiɁ] n. chair

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[sɨbũ] n. sheep

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[sɨʎĩ] n. this evening

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[sɨlã pacã] n. nape of the neck

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[sɨmǝr] n. silt; sand

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[sɨsida] adv. now

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[sɨxɨ̀ puxɨ̀] n. porcupine

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Dialect: syn. swxẁ

[tacì] n. crab

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[tahɨɁ] adj. hard of hearing

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[taiɁ koja] n. gonorrhea

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[tejaɁ] n. millet (Setaria italica)

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[tẽ] v. keep in place; place something

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[tɨgeɁ] v. stick; adhere; be glued

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Dialect: syn. age’

[tɨxe] n. louse

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Dialect: var. taxe

[xelo] n. ritual occasion in Myoko festival on which the gods are bade farewell, usually on the 15th day of the festival

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[xú] v. cut off; prune

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[jaanɨ] adj. rotten

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[jara] n. a cane basket used by males for fetching firewood

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[joʎã] n. dead of night

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[juɁti] v. tighten; tie something tightly

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[ɲadu-ɲabo] v. rebuff; brush off

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[ɲatã] n. snout or muzzle (of animal); edge or tip

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[ɲipá jaru] n. an aquatic plant; azolla (Azolla pinnata)

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[ásù] adj. lazy; slothful; sluggish

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