Apatani English

[aleɁ] n. wing

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[ali lembo] n. paved road

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[alĩ] n. ball; sphere

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[alo kamjã] adj. everyday; daily; commonplace

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[amã] n. roof

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[anɨ] n. leaf

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Dialect: syn. yanw

[aŋaɁ] v. tie into a bundle

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[arɉĩ] v. stretch (esp. one’s body)

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[arí] v. string together (beads)

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[axeɁ] n. kidney

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Dialect: var. arxe’

[ajóo] n. up; upper

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[budu] v. murmur; mumble; mutter

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[bjoɁ] v. shine (as sun); radiate; glow; glare

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[cixo] adj. clever; smart; successful person

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[cor] v. spray; squirt; sprinkle

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[darɨɁ pjabja] adv. clean; pure; clear

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[daɲi loʎã] n. mid-day; noon

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Dialect: syn. alo lwpa

[dãxɨɁ] v. beat into fragmant (for example bone); fracture or break something by beating

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[diɁju] n. marsh; swamp

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[dĩ] v. pound with something

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[dĩxuɁ] n. skull

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[duu] n. paddy for husking

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Dialect: syn. dwlo

[dɨpjò] adj. tasty, to eat

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Dialect: ant. dwrúu

[dɨriɁ-paciɁ] n. luggage; household articles

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[ʎego] n. threshold; entrance

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[gimbjo] n. a meat portion, containing the thoracic cage

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[goiɁdado] adv. wholely, entirely

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[gɨɁi] v. fall down (from standing position)

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[gɨɉu] n. dress; dressing style

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Dialect: syn. gwju gwmyo

[gòobu] v. swell (as a wound); bloat; bulge

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Dialect: syn. pyañ var. gòrbú; gòbúr

[hẽɉiɁ] adj. happy; joyful; exultant

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[hoã alló] n. backbone

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[hokɨ] post. from

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

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[horci] adj. smart; agile

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[hõkiɁ] v. bend; stoop

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Dialect: var. huñki’

[huɁ] v. shake; jiggle; agitate

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[hukɨ] pron. whose

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[hurĩ] n. protective body armor of cane belt worn around the waist

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[háa] v. smoke dry

Speaker: Tage Kanno

[hùuʎiɁ] n. fat; oil

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[ipaɁ tamiɁ] n. green bottle fly (Lucilla sp.)

Speaker: Tage Yassing

[ipoɁ] n. yeast; yeast cake used to ferment grains while preparing beer

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[ɉibu garɨ] n. jeep

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Dialect: or. English

[ɉí] v. roll; spin; rotate; turn round and round

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[kahó] v. get punishment for a sin; retribution

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[kanuda] n. in five days; five days hence

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[kaxaɁ-karì] v. examine thoroughly; see in detail; finalize

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[kinɨ] n. bitch

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[koɁrò] adj. big, of a bangle

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Dialect: ant. ko’zó

[kobja] adj. generous; altruistic; forthcoming; quick in giving

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[kokǝr] v. arrange a string (like a cane) into a circular form

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[kɨri duɁ] v. broker; market

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[kàr] v. roll (esp. a mat)

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[kóò] n. son

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[laɁku] adj. sinistral; left (side)

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Dialect: syn. la’ci

[lɨbã́ baɁnɨ] n. baby sitter

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[magù] v. bellow as an expression of distress

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[milo rɨɲe] n. a variety of fern used in the construction of altars (Diplazium esculentum)

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[mõ] v. chase; drive away; persue

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[mjokó] n. open space outside the village

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[nala] n. drain

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Dialect: or. Assamese syn. nala paka’

[nãtĩ] v. close by pushing

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[nee] v. thresh or knead

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[nɨɁ] v. prick; stab

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[nɨka] pron. your; second person singular genitive pronoun

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[objoɁ] adj. long

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Dialect: syn. wbyo’; ba’so var. orbyo’

[oho milobo] n. son

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[pacá] v. levy fine

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[paì tapi pɨta] n. Scarlet Finch

Example: Photo by Nomo Hibu Layang

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[piɁɲi] num. eight

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[piiʎa papù] n. a variety of greenish bead

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[pila xugjuɁ] n. bamboo funnel for distilling pìlaa

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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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[pĩ] v. pinch; grasp; tweak; nip

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[poɁlã] n. grass

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[põsaɁ] adj. distinct; different

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[pjali] n. seed (esp. of rice)

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[ŋɨka] pron. my; first person singular genitive pronoun

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[raɉuɁ] n. a variety of coarsely netted cane basket

Example: Photo by Tage Kanno

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[rasó] v. position lengthwise

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Dialect: ant. rapw

[rumali] n. handkerchief

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Dialect: or. Assamese

[rɨbĩ] n. area of slash and burn cultivation

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[sarɨ] n. teacher

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Dialect: Or. English

[sorɉĩ] adj. straight

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[susumomo] adj. disappointed; dispirited; downcast

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[taɁxeɁ] v. lie supine

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[talɨ́ mjoko] n. land of the dead who meet with unnatural death

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[tarɉi] n. scorpion; centipede

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[tasĩ] n. larval dragonfly

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[xapú] v. peel off

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[xeɁ] v. winnow

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[xooló] adj. main; supreme; principal; chief; head

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[xɨbe] n. other

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[jaɁduɁ-jaɁɲuɁ] adj. tattered; ruined; decayed

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[japĩ] n. nose

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[jasɨɁ] v. wash (one’s hand)

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[jo sampja] n. wooden tray used for preparing cooked meat

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[ɲaɁtu] n. knife

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[ɲaaɲo] n. honey bee

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